Onegesius
Sign in to savethumb|Mór Than, The Feast of Attila (1870), detail of a man sitting to the right of the Hunnic king Onegesius () was a powerful Hunnic logades (minister) who supposedly held power second only to Attila the Hun. According to Priscus he "seated on a chair to the right of the king" i.e. Attila.
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thumb|Mór Than, The Feast of Attila (1870), detail of a man sitting to the right of the Hunnic king Onegesius () was a powerful Hunnic logades (minister) who supposedly held power second only to Attila the Hun. According to Priscus he "seated on a chair to the right of the king" i.e. Attila.
==History== Priscus, who was on a mission to Attila in 448 or 449 AD, says that Onegesius lived in the same very populous village Attila resided. He recounts:
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