Probably Hunimund, king of the Suevi, whose raid into Dalmatia and hostilities with the Ostrogoths are described by Jordanes, De Rebus Geticis, 53-55. Eduard von Wietersheim, indeed, in his Geschichte der Völkerwanderung (2d ed., Leipsic, 1880-81), ii, p. 324, expresses the belief that the coincidence in name is purely accidental. But if the Hunimund of Eugippius was not Hunimund the Suevian king, who was he? Eugippius through his whole work is perfectly definite in his identification of persons. He names in all some fifty characters, aside from those mentioned in the Bible or in the church fathers. Each is carefully labelled with the appropriate word or phrase, except two, Stilicho (Chapter XXXVI) and Hunimund. It is a fair inference that Eugippius left these names unqualified ----just as, for example, one would now in similar references that of Napoleon or of Blücher ---- because no label seemed needed, either for Stilicho, the great general of the Western Empire, or for Hunimund, king of the Suevi, a principal leader in a war, not yet remote in time, that had devastated Central Europe for years. The life of Saint Severinus. Eugippius. Translated by George W. Robinson, Secretary of the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. 1914. Harvard University Press. http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/severinus_02_text.htm#72 accessed 11 April 2020
The life of Saint Severinus. Eugippius. Translated by George W. Robinson, Secretary of the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. 1914. Harvard University Press. Chapter XXII. http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/severinus_02_text.htm accessed 11 April 2020
