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    Aspar and the Struggle for the Eastern Roman Empire, AD 421-71

    May 05, 2023 3 minutes

    By Ronald A. Bleeker

    ISBN: 978-1350279261

    Bloomsbury (2022) - $170.00

    www.bloomsbury.com

    Among the figures of fifth-century AD warfare, Flavius Ardaburius Aspar is probably not one that first comes to mind. Candidates such as Aetius, Attila, or even Arnegisculus spring to mind more readily. Yet Aspar's remarkable career is well attested over a long period (421-471), and he performed some outstanding deeds. He rose to be a and in the East under the emperors Theodosius II (r. 408—450), Marcian (r.

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