Marcian

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