Individuals who attempted to illegitimately gain power in the Roman Empire
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Roman usurpers were individuals or groups of individuals who obtained or tried to obtain power by force and without legitimate legal authority.[1] Usurpation was endemic during the Roman imperial era, especially from the crisis of the third century onwards, when political instability became the rule.
^Omissi, Adrastos (2018). Emperors and Usurpers in the Later Roman Empire: Civil War, Panegyric, and the Construction of Legitimacy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-255827-5.
the usurper had to be a charismatic man to avoid doubts in his ranks and an untimely death. Valerian I, who defeated Aemilianus, himself a usurper, is...
list of usurpers in the Roman Empire. For an overview of the problem and consequences of usurpation, see Romanusurpers. In the Eastern Roman Empire (395–1453)...
A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. In other words, one who takes the power of a country...
that distinguishes usurpers from legitimate Roman emperors is their degree of success. What makes a figure who began as a usurper into a legitimate emperor...
Italian monarchs List of Roman usurpers Family tree of Roman emperors Roman imperial cult Romanusurper Although Romulus Augustulus (r. 475–476) is often regarded...
Jovinus, Romanusurper of Gaul Kumarajiva, Buddhist monk and translator (b. 344) Prudentius, Roman Christian poet (b. 348) Sebastianus, Romanusurper and brother...
Aemilianus, Romanusurper Macrianus Major, Roman general and usurper Macrianus Minor, Roman consul and usurper Quietus, Roman consul and usurper Valens Thessalonicus...
The 280's decade ran from January 1, 280, to December 31, 289. Romanusurper Proculus starts a rebellion at Lugdunum (Lyon, France), and proclaims himself...
(died 285–286) was a Romanusurper (283–285 or 286) against Emperor Carinus or Maximian. It is possible that up to four usurpers with a similar name rebelled...
Trebellianus (d. 260–268) was a Romanusurper listed among the thirty tyrants in the Historia Augusta. Modern historians consider this figure a character...
the Roman army. Once an ally of Rome under the Roman emperor Theodosius, Alaric helped defeat the Franks and other allies of a would-be Romanusurper. Despite...
emperor and sends him funds to raise an army. June 3 – Nepotianus, Romanusurper, proclaims himself emperor and enters Rome with a group of gladiators...
defeated the usurpers Procopius and Marcellus. Civil War – 366 – Battle of Thyatira – The army of the Roman emperor Valens defeats the usurper Procopius...
Romanusurper during the reign of Emperor Gallienus. In June 260, Persian king Shāpūr I defeated and took Emperor Valerian captive at Edessa in Roman...
calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Romanusurper Proculus starts a rebellion at Lugdunum (Lyon, France), and proclaims...
Jovinus, Romanusurper of Gaul Kumarajiva, Buddhist monk and translator (b. 344) Prudentius, Roman Christian poet (b. 348) Sebastianus, Romanusurper and brother...
era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Gratian, Romanusurper, is installed as emperor after the death of Marcus. According to Orosius...
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