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Marcian
Marcian: emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) empire (450-457).
Names:
- 392: Marcianus
- 25 August 450: recognized as emperor
- 27 January 457: natural death
Successor of: Theodosius II
Relatives:
- married to: Second wife: Pulcheria
- children: A daughter, married to Anthemius
Main deeds:
- 450 Death of Theodosius II; his sister Pulcheria marries Marcianus, who becomes emperor
- 451 Consul (with Valerius Faltonius Adelfius)
- 453 Death of Pulcheria
- 454 Ostrogoths settled in Pannonia
- 455 Anthemius is consul; death of Valentinian III in the west (end of the dynasty of Theodosius I); Valentinian is succeeded by Petronius Maximus; sack of Rome by the Vandals; Avitus emperor in the west; Marcianus refuses to recognize the West-Roman emperors
- 457 Marcian dies without successor; general Aspar appoints Leo
Buildings: Column of Marcianus
Contemporary events:
- 451 Fourth Ecumenical Council, at Chalcedon, condemns monophysitism
Succeeded by: Leo I