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Marcian

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[mahr-shuhn] / ˈmɑr ʃən /
Also Marcianus

noun

  1. a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.


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Others are new to the project, including Italian conductor Gianluca Marcian, taking to the pit for the first time in a London opera house.

From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2013

This tribunal," said Presiding Magistrate Marcian Dumont, when evidence was all in, "approves of your fine work and says 'bravo.'

From Time Magazine Archive

In the year 449, Marcian being made emperor with Valentinian, reigned seven years; in whose time the English, being called in by the Britons, came into Britain.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede

Marcian observes that the circuit of our island is not more than 28,604 stadia, or 3575 miles, nor less than 20,526, or 2576 miles.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

At the death of Marcian in 457 the imperial authority was conferred upon Leo, an officer of Dacian origin.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

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