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Sextus Aurelius Victor (c. 320 – c. 390) was a historian and politician of the Roman Empire. Victor was the author of a short history of imperial Rome, entitled De Caesaribus and covering the period from Augustus to Constantius II. The work was published in 361. Under the emperor Julian (361-363), Victor served as governor of Pannonia Secunda; in 389 he became praefectus urbi (urban prefect), senior imperial official in Rome.[1]

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Aurelius Victor

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Sextus Aurelius Victor (c. 320 – c. 390) was a historian and politician of the Roman Empire. Victor was the author of a short history of imperial Rome...

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Aurelia gens

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Marcus Aurelius and the members of the Severan dynasty. In 212, the Constitutio Antoniniana of Caracalla (whose full name was Marcus Aurelius Antoninus)...

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Constantine the Great

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also survive, though their biases are no less firm. The epitomes of Aurelius Victor (De Caesaribus), Eutropius (Breviarium), Festus (Breviarium), and the...

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Diocletian

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Diocletian (/ˌdaɪ.əˈkliːʃən/, DYE-ə-KLEE-shən; Latin: Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, Ancient Greek: Διοκλητιανός, romanized: Diokletianós; 242/245...

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Nerva

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October 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2007. Aurelius Victor (attrib.), Epitome de Caesaribus 12.7 Aurelius Victor (attrib.), Epitome de Caesaribus 12.6 Crassus...

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Claudius Gothicus

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supplemented with information from other sources: the works of Aurelius Victor, Pseudo-Aurelius Victor, Eutropius, Orosius, Joannes Zonaras, and Zosimus, as well...

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Marcus Aurelius

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Birley, Marcus Aurelius, p. 108. Birley, Marcus Aurelius, p. 112. Bowman, 156; Victor, 15:7 Victor, 15:7 Dio 71.33.4–5; Birley, Marcus Aurelius, p. 114. Bury...

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Carthago delenda est

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History: "[Cato], cum clamaret omni senatu Carthaginem delendam, …" Aurelius Victor in his De viris illustribus: "[Marcus Porcius Cato] Carthaginem delendam...

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Maximian

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Maximian (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus; c. 250 – c. July 310), nicknamed Herculius, was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was Caesar from...

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Caracalla

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus at the age of seven as part of his father's attempt at union with the families of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. According...

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Antoninus Pius

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succeeded by his adopted sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus as co-emperors. Antoninus Pius was born Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Antoninus near Lanuvium...

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Aemilianus

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235–284. Amsterdam: Gieben. pp. 35–37. ISBN 9-0506-3034-0. Aurelius Victor, 31.1 Aurelius Victor, 31.3. Anonymous Continuator of Cassius Dio, fr. 2. Richard...

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Marcus Aurelius Marius

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Eutropius, 9:2; Victor, Liber de Caesaribus, 33:11-12 Polfer, Marius; Martindale, pg. 562 Aurelius Victor, Epitome de Caesaribus Aurelius Victor, Liber de Caesaribus...

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Cniva

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Wolfram 1988, p.45 Jordanes, par.103. Aurelius Victor, par.29 Potter 2004, p.247 Southern 2001, p.116, 225 Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus, par. 29.4-5 in Liber...

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Gallienus

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describes, a conspiracy was led by the commander of the guard Aurelius Heraclianus and Lucius Aurelius Marcianus. Marcianus's role in the conspiracy is not confirmed...

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Battle of Abritus

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that he was very familiar with the surrounding terrain. Jordanes and Aurelius Victor claim that Herennius Etruscus was killed by an arrow during a skirmish...

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Commodus

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he was co-emperor with his father Marcus Aurelius. Commodus' sole rule, starting with the death of Aurelius in 180, is commonly thought to mark the end...

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Carus

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Marcus Aurelius Carus (c. 222 – July or August 283) was Roman emperor from 282 to 283. During his short reign, Carus fought the Germanic tribes and Sarmatians...

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Carinus

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Marcus Aurelius Carinus (died 285) was Roman Emperor from 283 to 285. The eldest son of the Emperor Carus, he was first appointed Caesar in late 282, then...

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Carausius

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Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius (died 293) was a military commander of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. He was a Menapian from Belgic Gaul, who...

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Quintillus

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Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus (died 270) was a short-lived Roman emperor. He was a brother of Emperor Claudius Gothicus, whom he succeeded after...

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Severus Alexander

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Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – 21/22 March 235), also known as Alexander Severus, was Roman emperor from 222 until 235. The last emperor...

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List of assassinated and executed heads of state and government

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Michel (2000), "Postumus (A.D. 260-269)", De Imperatoribus Romanis Aurelius Victor 33.8; Eutropius 9.9.1 Potter, David Stone, The Roman Empire at Bay...

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Herennius Etruscus

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for the event, Aurelius Victor, says only that Herennius Etruscus was killed when he "pressed the attack too boldly". Aurelius Victor specifies that he...

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Postumus

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p. 45. Primary sources Aurelius Victor, Liber de Caesaribus Epitome de Caesaribus (sometimes attributed to Aurelius Victor) Eutropius, Brevarium, Book...

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Valeria gens

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Flavius Valerius, consul in AD 521. Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, emperor from AD 284 to 305. Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus 'Herculius', emperor...

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