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Death of Marcian; Leo succeeds

The Chronicle of Marcellinus Comes records under the consulship of Constantinus and Rufus (AD 457) that the emperor Marcian, whom it calls comparable to good emperors, died after reigning six years and six months, and that Leo succeeded him.

Limits: A Latin chronicle written at Constantinople c. 518-534, used through Mommsen's 1894 edition (MGH AA 11) as Internet Archive OCR text (page images not checked); the English is an AI working translation. The Latin is printed on the same OCR lines as the parallel Greek column, so the item is taken in four Latin-only spans; OCR 'boiiis' read as bonis, 'succcssit' as successit, '5' is a margin line number. The passage does not name the city. The parallel Greek column also enters Marcian's death and Leo's coronation under these consuls; Mommsen's page note gives '457 = Iordanes R. 332 et 335' (Jordanes depends on Marcellinus) and indicates that two of his manuscripts omit the year 457. The retained passage does not explicitly establish the site of the relevant act. No occurrence region is assigned.

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Source: Marcellinus Comes, Chronicon (Latin), ed. Th. Mommsen, MGH Auctores antiquissimi 11 (Chronica minora II), 1894Read the source