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Marcian ( ˈmɑːrʃən ; Latin: Marcianus; Ancient Greek: Μαρκιανός Markianos; c 392 – 27 January 457) was Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457 Very little is known of his life before becoming emperor, other than that he was a domesticus (personal assistant) who served under the commanders Ardabur and his son Aspar for fifteen years
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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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Roman Emperor at Constantinople, b in Thrace about 390; d January, 457 He became a soldier; during his early life he was poor, and it is said that he arrived at Constantinople with only two hundred pieces of gold, which he had borrowed
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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
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The Empress Pulcheria, elder sister of Theodosius, chose Marcian as her consort; he was proclaimed emperor (Aug 26, 450) with the aid of the barbarian patrician, Aspar, and immediately informed valentinian iii and Pope leo i of his assumption of office
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Marcian was Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457 Very little is known of his life before becoming emperor, other than that he was a domesticus who served
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Relatively little is known about Marcian before his accession to the throne He was most probably an Illyrian by birth, although one source claims that he was a Thracian Born in 392, he, like many other public men from that region, made his career in the military
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