ively ▁with ▁the ▁Western ▁Roman ▁Empire , ▁it ▁was ▁probably ▁the ▁Adri atic , ▁and ▁visited ▁them ▁somewhere ▁in ▁P annon ian ▁Bas in . ▁Olymp iod orus ▁rec ount s ; ▁ ▁" Don atus ▁and ▁the ▁H uns , ▁and ▁the ▁skill ful ness ▁of ▁their ▁k ings ▁in ▁shooting ▁with ▁the ▁bow . ▁The ▁author ▁rel ates ▁that ▁he ▁himself ▁was ▁sent ▁on ▁a ▁mission ▁to ▁them ▁and ▁Don atus , ▁and ▁gives ▁a ▁trag ic ▁account ▁of ▁his ▁w ander ings ▁and ▁per ils ▁by ▁the ▁sea . ▁How ▁Don atus , ▁being ▁dece ived ▁by ▁an ▁o ath , ▁was ▁un law fully ▁put ▁to ▁death . ▁How ▁Char aton , ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁the ▁k ings , ▁being ▁inc ensed ▁by ▁the ▁murder , ▁was ▁appe ased ▁by ▁presents ▁from ▁the ▁em peror ." ▁ ▁Although ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁such ▁as ▁E . ▁A . ▁Thompson ▁and ▁Hy un ▁Jin ▁Kim ▁have ▁read ▁Don atus ▁as ▁being ▁a ▁previous ▁r uler , ▁others , ▁such ▁as ▁Franz ▁Al the im ▁and ▁Otto ▁Ma en chen - H elf en ▁reject ▁this ▁assumption . ▁Ma en chen - H elf en ▁arg ues ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁Don atus ▁was ▁common ▁in ▁the ▁Roman ▁Empire ▁and ▁that ▁Don atus ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁Roman ▁who ▁fled ▁the ▁emp ire ▁to ▁live ▁with ▁the ▁H uns , ▁as ▁others ▁are ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁done . ▁ ▁Et ym ology ▁The ▁name ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁Greek ▁as ▁ Χ α