1) Fifth-century Roman general 
Flavius Ardabur Aspar (c. 400{spaced ndash}471) was an Eastern Roman patrician and magister militum (`master of soldiers`) of Alanic-Gothic descent. As the general of a Germanic army in Roman service, Aspar exerted a great influence on the Eastern Roman Emperors for half a century, from the 420s to his death in 471, over Theodosius II, Marcian a.....