Ardabur (, died 471) was an Eastern Roman ''

magister militum (Latin for "master of soldiers"; : ) was a top-level military command used in the late Roman Empire, dating from the reign of Constantine the Great. The term referred to the senior military officer (equivalent to a war theatre commander, the e ...

'' of Alanic descent. He was the son of the influential general

Aspar Flavius Ardabur Aspar (Greek: Ἄσπαρ, fl. 400471) was an Eastern Roman patrician and ''magister militum'' ("master of soldiers") of Alanic- Gothic descent. As the general of a Germanic army in Roman service, Aspar exerted great influe ...

. He served as

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states thro ...

in 447 and as ''

per Orientem'' from 453 until 465 or 466. Ardabur apparently often served under his father during his campaigns. He was removed from this post in 466 after being accused of a treasonous plot involving the

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, probably by his father's political enemies. The accusation contributed to Aspar's fall from power. Both Ardabur and Aspar were killed in 471 as part of a conspiracy between the

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ns and the emperor Leo I.

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5th-century eastern Roman consuls Byzantine generals Byzantine murder victims 471 deaths Alanic people Year of birth unknown {{Europe-mil-bio-stub