Glom (fl. 528)[1] was a Hun sub-king, or tribe king. He fought for the Sasanian Empire in the late 520s.

Biography

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Glom was a king of a section of the Huns.[2] He became an ally of Persian king Kavad I and in 528 fought for him against the queen of the Hunnish tribe of the Sabirs, a woman named Boa (Boarez/Boarek),[3] the widow of Balaq.[4][5] He was defeated by Boa while marching to aid the Persians against the Romans.[2]

Etymology

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His name might be of Iranian origin.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Jeffreys, Elizabeth; Jeffreys, Michael; Scott, Roger (1986). The Chronicle of John Malalas. Brill. p. 340. ISBN 9789004344600. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Martindale, J.R. (1992). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire 2 Part Set: Volume 3, AD 527-641. Cambridge University Press. p. 1346. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. ^ Evan Michael Schultheis (30 January 2019). The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields AD 451: Flavius Aetius, Attila the Hun and the Transformation of Gaul. ISBN 978-1526745668.
  4. ^ Golden 1980, p. 258.
  5. ^ Golden 1992, p. 106.
  6. ^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895). Iranisches Namenbuch . Marburg: NG Elwertsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, p. 112.

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