Aspar
Flavius Ardaburius Aspar (? - 471), of origin alaine, was a general ( Magister militum ) and Patrice of the Byzantine Empire. Under the emperors Théodose II and Marcien, it fights the Vandales, the Perses in Arménie and the Huns in the Balkans.
Character among most powerful of the empire under the reign of Théodose II, it at the origin of the accession to the throne of his is protected Marcien in 450, then Leon I {{er}} in 457. He organizes the marriage of his own son, Patricius, with the girl of Leon Ist He is then at the top of his capacity but has two handicaps: he is of barbarian origin and follower of the heresy arienne.
Vis-a-vis him draws up the party Isaurien, taken along by Zénon, son-in-law of Leon Ier, who fears that the empire passes under the Germanic supervision as it is the case for the Roman Empire of Occident, at the time under the control of Ricimer. Leon Ier ends up choosing and makes put at dead protective old sound in 471.
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