Editing Marcian (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:20111224 Flavius Marcianus Augustus Column Fatih Istanbul Turkey.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Color photograph of an ancient stone column set in front of a modern building and parked cars. The bottom and top of the column are engraved, and several metal bands placed at regular intervals encircle the central section of the column.|The Column of Marcian in 2011]]
Marcian was regarded favorably by Eastern Roman and Byzantine sources, often compared to Emperors Constantine&nbsp;I and [[Theodosius&nbsp;I]].{{sfn|Kazhdan|1991}} Marcian's reign was seen by many later Byzantine writers, such as Theophanes the Confessor, as a golden age: Marcian secured the Eastern Empire both politically and financially, set an orthodox religious line that future emperors would follow, and stabilized the capital city politically. Some later scholars attribute his success not just to his skill, but also to a large degree of luck. Not only had he been fortunate enough to have Pulcheria to legitimize his rule, but for much of it the two greatest external threats to Rome, the Sassanian Empire and the Huns, were absorbed with their own internal problems. Further, no natural disasters or plagues occurred during his reign.{{sfn|Nathan|1998}}{{sfn|Grant|1985|p=306}}{{sfn|Kazhdan|1991}} He was remembered fondly by the people of Constantinople, who would shout "Reign like Marcian!" at the installation of future emperors.{{sfn|Grant|1985|p=307}}

The Prefect of Constantinople Tatianus built a [[Column of Marcian|column dedicated to Marcian]], sometime between 450 and 452.{{sfn|Jones|Martindale|Morris|1980|pp=1053–1054}}{{sfn|D'Ayala |Fodde |2008|p=1167}} It still stands in Istanbul, near the north branch of the [[Mese (Constantinople)|Mese]],{{sfn|Gallagher|2008|p=204}} though the statue of Marcian that originally topped it has been lost.{{sfn|Freely|Çakmak|2004|p=63}} Marcian also had a statue in the [[Forum of Arcadius]], which contained the statues of several of the successors of Emperor [[Arcadius]].{{sfn|Kazhdan|1991b}} Marcian may have been the sponsor of the [[Chrysotriklinos]] of the Great Palace of Constantinople. The {{lang|la|[[Patria of Constantinople]]}} states that Marcian constructed it, whereas the 10th century encyclopedia {{lang|la|[[Suda]]}} states that Emperor [[Justin&nbsp;II]] built it, a view with which most historians agree. The Byzantine historian [[Joannes Zonaras]] states that Justin&nbsp;II actually rebuilt an older construction, which some historians identify as the [[Heptaconch Hall]] of Emperor Justinian.{{sfn|Kostenec|2008}}