* March – Emperor Marcian sends an embassy to Carthage to end the Vandal raids in the Mediterranean from their strongholds in North Africa and quells disturbances on the Armenian frontier.

Aspar's family exerted a great influence on the Eastern Roman Emperors for half a century, from the 420s to his death in 471, over Theodosius II, Marcian and Leo I, who, in the end, had him killed.

To resolve the simmering tensions, Marcian announced his intention to hold a new council.

Meanwhile the emperor Theodosius II died, and Pulcheria and Marcian who succeeded summoned, in October 451, a council ( the fourth ecumenical ) which met at Chalcedon.

In conjunction with Pope Leo, according to Zonaras ( Annals iii ), he requested that the Emperor Marcian summon a general council against Dioscorus and the Eutychians, but the Imperial letter instructing Anatolius in the preparations for the Council of Chalcedon only mentions Pope Leo ( Philippe Labbe, Conc.

Nestorius was sent back to his monastery in Antioch ..." This council would later influence Marcian and Pulcheria to call for another council to dispute the importance of the Theotokos, the Council of Chalcedon.

In 364, the see was occupied by Marcian and in the same year a council of bishops was held at Lampsacus.

Attila has intended to renew his attacks on Constantinople and reclaims the tribute which emperor Marcian had stopped in late 450.

Her death leaves Flavius Aspar ( magister militum ) as the dominant influence on her husband, Marcian.

In 431 / 434, while fighting in Africa under Aspar, Marcian was taken prisoner by the Vandals ; according to a later legend, he was brought before King Geiseric ( 428 – 477 ), who knew by an omen that Marcian was to be Emperor and was released on his oath never to take up arms against the Vandals.

Upon becoming Emperor, Marcian repudiated the embarrassing payments of tribute to Attila the Hun ( 434 – 453 ), which the latter had been accustomed to receiving from Theodosius II in order to refrain from attacks on the Eastern Empire.

Marcian died on 27 January 457 of a disease, possibly gangrene, contracted during a long religious journey.

The result of this embassy, together with a plague which was breaking out among his troops as well as the threat of famine and news that the eastern emperor Marcian had launched an attack on the Hun homelands along the Danube, forced Attila to turn around and leave Italy.

Avitus was dead and the Western throne without a pretender ; the Eastern Roman Emperor was to choose the successor, but Marcian could not do anything, as he died on January 27, 457.

The following year the two consuls were Anthemius ' son, Marcian, and Leo's son-in-law, Flavius Zeno ( later successor of Leo on the Eastern throne ).

Theodosius II died on July 26, 450, and Pulcheria soon married Marcian on November 25, 450.

Browning's friend and fellow poet Bryan Procter acknowledged basing his 1820 " Marcian Colonna " on this source, but added a new detail ; after the murder, the killer sits up all night with his victim.

Later on a granddaughter of Valentinian III was married to Olybrius and Anthemius was a son-in-law of Marcian.

Marcian agreed, saying that if a clause were not added to the credo supporting Leo's doctrine, the bishops would have to relocate.

Shortly before Attila's death in 453, conflict had begun again between him and Marcian.

In a dream, Marcian claimed he saw Attila's bow broken before him, and a few days later, he got word that his great enemy was dead.

In October 456, in fact, the Western Emperor Avitus had been deposed ; it is probable that Marcian considered Anthemius as successor, but the Eastern Emperor died in January 457 before choosing his colleague.

He had left no sons and two daughters, the elder Ariadne, born before Leo was raised to the throne and married to the Isaurian general Zeno, and the younger Leontia, born when Leo was already emperor and married to Procopius ' brother, Marcian.

She marries the Illyrian ( or Thracian ) senator Marcian who is crowned as emperor.

All this changed dramatically with the Emperor's death and the elevation of Marcian, an orthodox Christian, to the imperial throne.

Leo had pressed for it to take place in Italy, but Emperor Marcian instead called for it to convene at Nicaea.

Marcian had the bishops deposed by Dioscorus returned to their dioceses and had the body of Flavian brought to the capital to be buried honorably.

Marcian responded by exiling Dioscorus.

The new Eastern Roman Emperor Marcian then halted tribute payments.

Following the Decian persecution of 250 – 251, there was disagreement about how to treat those who had lapsed from the faith, and Stephen was urged by Faustinus, Bishop of Lyon, to take action against Marcian, Bishop of Arles, who denied penance and communion to the lapsed who repented, the position called Novatianism, after Novatian, later declared a heretic, who held for the strictest approach.

* Aspar is routed by the Vandals and Flavius Marcian, future Byzantine emperor, is captured during the fightings.

* Anthemius marries Marcia Euphemia, daughter of Marcian, and is elevated to the rank of comes.

She gives the imperial diadem to the Illyrian ( or Thracian ) officer and senator Marcian, age 58, and is crowned as empress in the Hippodrome at Constantinople in a first religious coronation ceremony.

* Marcian orders the execution ( or assassination ) of the unpopular court eunuch Chrysaphius.

* Flavius Marcian, Roman Emperor ( d. 457 )

* January 27 – Emperor Marcian dies at Constantinople, possibly of foot gangrene, an infection contracted during a long religious journey.

* January 27 – Flavius Marcian, Roman Emperor ( b. 392 )

The revolt is led by her son-in-law Marcian and the Ostrogoth warlord Theodoric Strabo, but Illus again proves his loyalty to Zeno by quashing the revolt.

Plague broke out in the barbarian host and their food ran short, and at the same time troops arrived from the east, sent by Marcian to the aid of Italy.

Marcian (; 392 – 27 January 457 ) was Byzantine Emperor from 450 to 457.

Marcian was born in 392 in Illyricum or Thracia.

Marcian was dispatched with his unit for a war against the Sassanids ( probably the Roman-Sassanid war of 421 – 422 ), but along the road East he fell ill in Lycia ; at this time he might have already been tribunus and commander of his unit.