Aspar
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Flavius Ardabur Aspar (c. 400 - 471), an Alan, was patricius and magister militum ("Master of Soldiers") of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Son of the magister Ardaburius,[1] Aspar played a crucial role in his father's expedition in 424 to defeat the western usurper, Joannes, and to install Galla Placidia and her son, Valentinian III, in his place. He also helped to negotiate a peace treaty with Geiseric after the Vandal invasion of Africa.
Aspar could not become emperor because of his Arian religion. Instead, his subordinate, Marcian, became emperor by marrying Theodosius II's sister Pulcheria. However Marcian's successor Leo I eventually turned on him. In 471 Aspar was killed together with his son Ardabur in an assault.
Aspar was the teacher of Theodoric the Great, who later became king of the Ostrogoths.
Aspar had another son, Ermanaric, with the sister of Theodoric Strabo.[2]
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- Williams, Stephen, and Gerard Friell, The Rome That Did Not Fall, Routledge, 1999, ISBN 0415154030.
- Wolfram, Thomas J. and Dunlap, Herwig Wolfram, History of the Goths, University of California Press, 1988, ISBN 0520069838.
| Preceded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Theodosius Augustus XIV, Petronius Maximus |
Consul of the Roman Empire 434 with Flavius Areobindus |
Succeeded by Imp. Caesar Flavius Theodosius Augustus XV, Imp. Caesar Flavius Placidus Valentinianus Augustus IV |
