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name	Reservoir of Aspar - Construction
event type	Construction
start date	456
end date	459
date comments	The stamped bricks that were found in the reservoir carry a tenth indiction year, which suggests that they were manufactured in 456/7. The Chronicon Paschale dates the construction of the cistern to 459 (Crow et al., 2008, p. 130).
installations	Reservoir of Aspar
persons	Flavius Ardaburius Aspar - Founder
description	-
comments	-

#	Code	Page	Excerpt
1	Chronicon Paschale 641 Whitby	85	(Dindorf 593) And in this year (459) Aspar the magister militum began to build the very large cistern near the old wall.
2	Crow, Bardill & Bayliss 2008	126-132