Apsich or Aspik () was a Hun military leader in the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

. Apsich was a professional soldier who gained high command in the Byzantine Empire. He fought in the

Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 The Byzantine–Sasanian War of 572–591 was a war fought between the Sasanian Empire of Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire, termed by modern historians as the Byzantine Empire. It was triggered by pro-Byzantine revolts in areas of the Cauca ...

. When

Philippicus Philippicus ( la, Filepicus; el, Φιλιππικός, Philippikós) was Byzantine emperor from 711 to 713. He took power in a coup against the unpopular emperor Justinian II, and was deposed in a similarly violent manner nineteen months later. ...

fell ill in 585, he entrusted his army to him and another commander. He commanded a contingent of horse-archers at the

Battle of Solachon The Battle of Solachon was fought in 586 CE in northern Mesopotamia between the East Roman (Byzantine) forces, led by Philippicus, and the Sassanid Persians under Kardarigan. The engagement was part of the long and inconclusive Byzantine–Sass ...

Etymology

His name could be an Alan-Turkic hybrid. ''*Apsïq'', formed by Alanic ''*apsa'', "horse" and Turkish ''-°k'', ''-°q'', "little horse."

References

{{Huns Hun military leaders 6th-century Byzantine generals People of the Roman–Sasanian Wars Byzantine people of Hunnic descent