Sunieric (Latin: ''Suniericus''; ''fl'' 459-461) was a

Visigoth The Visigoths (; la, Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were an early Germanic people who, along with the Ostrogoths, constituted the two major political entities of the Goths within the Roman Empire in late antiquity, or what is kn ...

general, who collaborated with the

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in the re-conquest of Spain on behalf of Emperor Majorian.

Life

Cyrila's successor, Sunieric was sent by king

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to Hispania Baetica, in 459, with a Visigothic army. Elevated to the rank of ''comes rei militaris'' in the same year, together with general

Nepotianus Flavius Julius Nepotianus (died 30 June 350), sometimes known in English as Nepotian, was a member of the Constantinian dynasty who reigned as a short-lived usurper of the Roman Empire. He ruled the city of Rome for twenty-eight days, before bei ...

, ''comes et magister utriusque militiae'' of Emperor Majorian, he sent messengers in Gallaecia to inform about the alliance between the Visigoths and the Empire. In the wake of this alliance, Sunieric and Nepotianus led a Visigoth army in 460 against Suebi, whom they defeated near '' Lucus Augusti'', ravaging the neighbourhood and finally moved to the Lusitania, conquering the city of

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. In 461 he returned to Gaul.

Bibliography

* Jones, Arnold Hugh Martin, John Robert Martindale, John Morris, "Suniericus", ''

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'', volume 1, Cambridge University Press, 1992, {{ISBN, 0-521-07233-6, p. 1040. 5th-century Visigothic people Gothic warriors