Marcian
Marcianus (AD 392 – AD 457) Marcian was born in AD 392, the son of a Thracian or Illyrian soldier.He, too, enrolled as a soldier (at Philippopolis) and in AD 421 he served against the Persians. After this he served for fifteen years as a commander under Ardaburius and his son Aspar. In AD 431 …