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'''Huneric''' or '''Hunneric''' or '''Honeric''' (died December 23, 484) was [[King]] of the [[Vandals]] (477–484) and the oldest son of [[Genseric]]. He dropped the imperial politics of his father and concentrated mainly on internal affairs. He was married to [[Princess Eudocia|Eudocia]], daughter of [[western Roman Emperors|western Roman Emperor]] [[Valentinian III]] (419–455) and [[Licinia Eudoxia]]. She left him, probably in 472. She had one son by him, [[Hilderic]].
Huneric was the first Vandal king who used the title ''King of the Vandals and [[Alans]]''. Despite adopting this style, and that the Vandals maintained their sea-power and their hold on the islands of the western
== Biography ==
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[[File:Huneric BMC 012 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|coin of Huneric]] Huneric was a fervent adherent to [[Arianism]]. Yet his reign opened with making a number of positive overtures towards the local Roman population. Following the visit of a diplomatic mission from the [[Eastern Roman Empire]] led by Alexander, Huneric restored properties seized by his father from the merchants of [[Carthage]].<ref>Malchus, fragment 13. Translated by C.D. Gordon, ''Age of Attila: Fifth Century Byzantium and the Barbarians'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1966), p. 125f</ref> He also lifted the policy of persecuting the local [[Roman Catholic church|Catholics]], allowing them to hold a synod wherein they elected a new Catholic bishop of Carthage, [[Eugenius of Carthage|Eugenius]], after a vacancy of 24 years.<ref>[[Victor of Vita]], 2.3-6; translated by John Moorhead, ''Victor of Vita: History of the Vandal Persecution'' (Liverpool: University Press, 1992), pp. 25f</ref>
However, not long after the ordination of Eugenius, Huneric reversed himself and began to once again persecute Catholics.<ref>Victor of Vita, 2.23-46; translated by Johp Moorhead, pp. 32-40</ref> Furthermore, he tried to make Catholic property fall to the state, but when this caused too much protest from the [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern Roman]] Emperor, he chose to banish a number of Catholics to a faraway province instead. On February 1, 484 he organized a [[
Additionally, Huneric murdered many members of the [[Hasdingi]] dynasty and also persecuted [[Manichaeism|Manichaeans]],<ref>Persecution of the Hasdingi: Victor of Vita, 2.12-17; translated by John Moorhead, pp. 28-30. Persecution of the Manichaeans: Victor of Vita, 2.1-2; translated by John Moorhead, p. 24</ref> a dualist heresy.
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