title: To a question on reasons of death of the hun leader Donatus in 412 ad.
abstract: The article deals with the complex and controversial subject of the relationship between the European Huns and the Roman Empire during the Great Migration. The main purpose of the article is to consider possible reasons for the death of the "Hun leader" Donatus. By analyzing written and material sources, the author concludes that Donatus was not a Hun leader, but a Roman who chose to serve the Huns as a notary of Karaton. He may have come into the camp of the nomads for a reason, and was one of 
journal: Tractus Aevorum