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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

The well-known and justly-esteemed Bibliotheca of Fabricius gives an account of all the Latin writers from Plautus to Marcian Capella.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

Across the vast field of view stretched, supported high in air on hundreds of arches, like a Titan procession, the Marcian Aqueduct, erected B.C.

From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry

Erected in the reign of the Emperor Marcian, it was partially restored by the Emperor Manuel Comnenus after its destruction by fire; Nicet.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

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