Thraustila (fl. 455 AD) was a

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or a

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bodyguard of Roman general Aetius, who participated in the assassination of Emperor

Valentinian III Valentinian III (; 2 July 41916 March 455) was Roman emperor in the Western Roman Empire, West from 425 to 455. Starting in childhood, his reign over the Roman Empire was one of the longest, but was dominated by civil wars among powerful general ...

, ordered by

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. He probably served Aetius as a ''

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''.

History

In September 454, Valentinian had killed with his own hands Aetius, whom he held responsible for the troubles of the Roman Empire. In March of the next year, Valentinian was stabbed to death by Thraustila's fellow bodyguard Optila, while Thraustila killed the eunuch

Heraclius Heraclius (; 11 February 641) was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exarch of Africa, led a revolt against the unpopular emperor Phocas. Heraclius's reign was ...

. Most of the soldiers standing by, who had been followers of Aetius, did not move a finger to help the emperor.Given, John (2014). The Fragmentary History of Priscus: Attila, the Huns and the Roman Empire, AD 430–476. Arx Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-935228-14-1. Thraustila was probably married to a daughter of Aetius. He was a Hun, though he is described both as a "Hun" and a "Scythian", a term applied to the Huns at the time.

References

{{Huns Hun military leaders Western Roman people of Hunnic descent Flavius Aetius