Ruricius Pompeianus (died 312 in

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) was

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and Commander of cavalry and infantry under

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, Western Roman Emperor. While guarding the

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and

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s with the ample and well-directed forces of the province of Venetia, Pompeianus was killed by

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's troops during the desperately fought

Battle of Verona (312) The Battle of Verona was fought in 312 between the forces of the Roman emperors Constantine I and Maxentius. Maxentius' forces were defeated, and Ruricius Pompeianus, the most senior Maxentian commander, was killed in the fighting. Background ...

. Pompeianus is mentioned only briefly in two accounts of Constantine's campaign against Maxentius. In a

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from the year 313, he is called "Pompeianus". In the second source, also one of the ''Panegyrici Latini,'' by Nazarius, his name is given as "Ruricius". As it is clearly the same person, the conflict is usually resolved by combining the names into "Ruricius Pompeianus".

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Ruricius Ruricius I (c. 440c. 510) was a Gallo-Roman aristocrat and bishop of Limoges from c. 485 to 510. He is one of the writers whose letters survive from late Roman Gaul, depicting the influence of the Visigoths on the Roman lifestyle. He should not ...

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