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Marcian ( / ˈmɑːrʃən /; Latin: Marcianus; Greek: Μαρκιανός Markianos; c. 392 – 27 January 457) was Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457. Very little of his life before becoming emperor is known, other than that he was a domesticus (personal assistant) who served under the commanders Ardabur and his son Aspar for fifteen years.
Flavius Marcianus ( Greek: Μαρκιανός, fl. AD 469–484) was a member of the Leonid dynasty. The son of the Western emperor Anthemius, Marcianus married Leontia, the daughter of the Eastern Roman emperor Leo I. He was consul twice, and in 479 unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow the emperor Zeno.
Marcian (born 396, Thrace—died early 457, Constantinople) was the Eastern Roman emperor from 450 to 457, the last ruler of the dynasty begun by the emperor Theodosius I.
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Aelius Marcianus was a Roman jurist who wrote after the death of Septimius Severus, [1] whom he calls Divus in his excerpts from the Pandects. [2] Other passages in the same source show that he was then writing under Antoninus Caracalla, [3] the son and successor of Severus.
Marcian ( / ˈmɑːrʃən /; Latin: Marcianus; Greek: Μαρκιανός Markianos; c. 392 – 27 January 457) was Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457.
Mar 8, 2021 · Marcianus (AD 392 – AD 457) Marcian was born in AD 392, the son of a Thracian or Illyrian soldier. He, too, enrolled as a soldier (at Philippopolis) and in AD 421 he served against the Persians. After this he served for fifteen years as a commander under Ardaburius and his son Aspar.
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Oct 24, 2012 · The holy and right-believing Emperor Flavius Marcianus or Marcian ( c. 390–January 457) ruled the Byzantine Empire from 450 until his death in 457. Upon ascending to the imperial throne, he convened the Council of Chalcedon to address the Monophysite controversy.
