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Flavius Ardabur Aspar (c. 400 – 471) was an Alan patrician and magister militum ("Master of soldiers") of the Eastern Roman Empire. Aspar's family 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 and Leo I, who, in the end, had him killed.
Alans were an Iranic people and the name of Aspar (originally Aspwar or Aspidar) in Iranian languages means "Horse-master" and "Horse-rider".
Son of the magister Ardaburius, Aspar played a crucial role in his father's expedition in 424 to defeat the western usurper, Joannes of Ravenna, and to install Galla Placidia and her son, Valentinian III, in his place. He also helped to negotiate a peace treaty with Geiseric after the Vandal invasion of Africa.
Aspar attained the consulship in 434 after campaigning in Africa. However, Aspar could not become emperor because of his Arian religion. Instead, he played the role of kingmaker with his subordinate, Marcian, who became emperor by marrying Theodosius II's sister Pulcheria.
Lying naked in the sun making eyes at everyone
You're the one
Later on you'll stand alone, a lone empty moon,
with an empty heart in you're empty hands
And the flowers and the trees
All laughing at your bike
And the neighbors kids run and hide
If they only knew you were really one of them
But you're not
You're the one (one, one, one, one, one...)
The one (one, one, one, one, one...)
The one
The one
The one (one, one, one, one, one...)
The one (one, one, one, one, one...)
The one
The one
The one
Could it be we're alone and the moon was full of gold
You're heart was filled with blood and the sun was in you're hands
The sun that burned you then,
Now warms you're empty heart,
People come and go
But you're the one (one, one, one, one, one...)
The one (one, one, one, one, one...)
The one
The one