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of Tarraconensis in 441. It is conceivable that one Asterius had been taken for the other. Other sources also speculate that the two may have been related as the number of Imperial officials from Hispania recorded in contemporary chronicles drops off considerably during this time.
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who had taken refuge with the barbarian tribes there. Due to his military prowess and his considerable amount of battlefield victories, he was given the title of
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with a powerful Roman army to finish retaking the territories occupied by the barbarian invaders in
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In 419, a Frontón priest accused several important families, including that of Asterius of
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in which capacity he participated in an important military expedition against the
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Later in the same year, Asterius was in Tarraco, where he established his
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army which was surrounded by the Vandals, defeating them at the
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Barbari ad Pacem Incundam Conversi. El Año 411 en Hispania
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and gathered an army to commence a military campaign in
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According to the Epítola 11* of Consencio a Agustín.
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Index

Asterius

Roman
Vandals
Gallaecia
Maximus of Hispania
Patrician
Wallia
Alans
Silingi
Vandals
Hasdingi
Vandals
Gallaecia
Minho River
Suebi
Battle of the Nervasos Mountains
Hispania
Maximus of Hispania
Priscillianism
Tarraco
Praetorium
Gallaecia
Suebi
Battle of the Nervasos Mountains
Hispania Baetica
Bracara Augusta
vicarius
Maurocelus
Ravenna

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