Aspar and the struggle for the eastern Roman Empire, A.D. 421-71

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Aspar and the struggle for the eastern Roman Empire, A.D. 421-71

Ronald A. Bleeker

(Bloomsbury classical studies monographs)

Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

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Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index

Contents of Works

  • Why does Aspar matter?
  • "Barbarians" and "heretics"
  • Aspar's antecedents
  • Ardaburius the Elder and Aspar: Persia and Italy (421-5)
  • Aspar in Africa: the war with the Vandals (431-5)
  • Aspar and Attila: the wars with the Huns (440-50)
  • Aspar and the choice of Marcian (450-7)
  • Aspar and the choice of Leo (457)
  • Beginnings of the struggle with Leo (457-65)
  • The rise of Zeno (465-7)
  • Leo's African gamble (467-8)
  • Aspar's apogee and defeat (469-71)
  • Aftermath (471-91)
  • Conclusions

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