According to Theophanes, Heraclius of Edessa sided with Leo I against his magister militum Aspar in 471.
The comune is further known to students of Late Antiquity as the place where the famous silver platter of Ardabur Aspar, consul in 434, was found (in the Fosso Castione, a creek near Marsiliana).
Aspar |
Julius Patricius, Roman general and son of Aspar (approximate date)
The conflict ended with the deaths of both Aspar and his son Ardabur by order of Leo.