513) was an Eastern Roman magister militum of Hunnish descent.
Alathar was appointed Magister militum per Thracias by Anastasius I Dicorus.
[1] It is possible that he was appointed magister militium to attract the Huns in the army of rebel Vitalian to Anastasius' side.
Bury, Ernst Stein and Georges Tate read "Scythian" as meaning "Hun" in this case.
[1][3][4] In Hun/Hungarian legends, Aladár is the son of Etele (Attila) and the German princess Kriemhild.