Adamis (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

448) was a

Hun A Hun is a member of the Huns, a confederation of nomadic tribes in Western Asia and Europe in late antiquity. Hun or huns may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Hun, a British subcultural stereotype, see Hun subculture * Hun, a charac ...

manager and steward. He was mentioned by

Priscus Priscus of Panium (; ; 410s/420s AD – after 472 AD) was an Eastern Roman diplomat and Greek historian and rhetorician (or sophist)...: "For information about Attila, his court and the organization of life generally in his realm we have the ...

in his 448/449 account of the Hunnish court.

History

Adamis managed the affairs of Eracan (

Kreka Kreka or Hereka was the wife of Attila. She was described by Eastern Roman diplomat Priscus in his account of his stay at Attila's court in 448 or 449 AD. She and Attila had three sons: Ellac, Dengizich, and Ernak, who split among themselves wh ...

), the wife of Attila. He was the owner of a house in one of Attila's chief towns (where, according to Priscus, the Hunnish king had built one of his biggest abodes). When Priscus visited the court of Attila, he also met Kreka, Attila's wife, who invited him and his embassy to dine at the house of her supervisor, Adamis, who had "charge of her affairs". Priscus accepted the invitation, and went to the house of Adamis. Here they greeted him with "gracious words and food". Priscus also reports that: "Each of those present, with Scythian generosity, arose and gave us each a full cup and then, after embracing and kissing the one who was drinking, received it back". His name is ''

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'', meaning it appears only once in Priscus' account.

References

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