Titus Julius Priscus was a mid-3rd-century Roman usurper.
He was the governor of
Thrace, and proclaimed himself Emperor in opposition to Emperor
Decius at
Philippopolis towards the end of 251, probably with
Gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
collusion following their successful siege at the
Battle of Philippopolis. The Roman Senate declared him a public enemy almost as soon as he attempted to usurp the throne. Priscus was killed shortly after his proclamation.
[Chris Scarre, Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: the reign-by-reign record of the rulers of Imperial Rome, Thames & Hudson, 1995. p. 169]
References
External links
Mention in Decius page on roman-emperors.org
3rd-century Roman emperors
3rd-century Roman usurpers
Roman governors of Thracia
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