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Rechiar
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<p>Rechiar or Flavius Rechiarius (after 415 – December 456) was the third <a href="/facts/Suevi/dg0NkYWh">Suevic</a> king of <a href="/facts/Gallaecia/I5H3cJWb">Gallaecia</a>, from 448 until his death, and also the first one to be born in Gallaecia. He was one of the most innovative and belligerent of the Suevi monarchs. <a href="/facts/Hydatius/vDSEhpeo">Hydatius</a>, the contemporary bishop and chronicler from Galicia who is the sole contemporary source for biographical details of Rechiar, established his reputation as that of a barbarian with little sense of Roman law, culture, or custom; accusations already discredited, but very common at that time. </p>