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MARCIAN (c. 390-457)

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MARCIAN (c. 390-457) , See also:emperor of the See also:East (450-457), was See also:born in See also:Thrace or See also:Illyria, and spent his See also:early See also:life as an obscuresoldier. He subsequently served for nineteen years under Ardaburius and Aspar, and took See also:part in the See also:wars against the Persians and See also:Vandals. Through the See also:influence of these generals he became a See also:captain of the See also:guards, and was later raised to the See also:rank of See also:tribune and senator. On the See also:death of See also:Theodosius II. he was chosen as See also:consort by the latter's See also:sister and successor, Pulcheria, and called upon to govern an See also:empire greatly humbled and impoverished by the ravages of the See also:Huns. Marcian repudiated the See also:payment of See also:tribute to See also:Attila; he reformed the finances, checked extravagance, and repeopled the devastated districts. He repelled attacks upon See also:Syria and See also:Egypt (452), and quelled disturbances on the Armenian frontier (456). The other notable event of his reign is the See also:Council of See also:Chalcedon (451), in which Marcian endeavoured to mediate between the See also:rival See also:schools of See also:theology. See See also:Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the See also:Roman Empire (ed. See also:Bury, See also:London, 1896), iii. 384, iv. 444–445; J.

Bury, The Later Roman Empire (London, 1889), i. 135–136.

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