Editing Aspar (section)

{{Short description|Eastern Roman patrician}}
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[[File:Piatto di ardaburio, argento fuso, 434 d.c. (found in 1769) 03.JPG|thumb|Detail of a dish depicting Aspar and his elder son [[Ardabur (consul 447)|Ardabur]] ({{Circa}} 434).]]

'''[[Flavia gens#Later use|Flavius]] Ardabur Aspar''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Ἄσπαρ, fl. 400{{spaced ndash}}471) was an [[Eastern Roman Empire|Eastern Roman]] [[Patrician (ancient Rome)|patrician]] and ''[[magister militum]]'' ("master of soldiers") of [[Alans|Alanic]]-[[Goths|Gothic]] descent.<ref name="Wolfram142"/> As the general of a [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] army in Roman service,<ref name="EB">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/38845/Flavius-Ardaburius-Aspar |title=Flavius Ardaburius Aspar |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]] |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |access-date=November 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/336182/Leo-I |title=Leo I (Roman emperor) |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]] |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |access-date=November 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/656509/Zeno |title=Zeno (Eastern Roman emperor) |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]] |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |access-date=November 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/87186/Byzantine-Empire/9228/Relations-with-the-barbarians |title=Byzantine Empire (historical empire, Eurasia): Relations with the barbarians |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]] |publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]] |access-date=November 2, 2012}}</ref> Aspar exerted great influence on the Eastern Roman Emperors for half a century, from the 420s to his death in 471, through the reigns of [[Theodosius II]], [[Marcian]] and [[Leo I the Thracian|Leo I]], who, in the end, had him killed. His death led to the ending of the Germanic domination of Eastern Roman policy.<ref name="EB"/>