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Aemilian

Definition
Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus Augustus (c. 207/213 – 253), also known as Aemilian, was Roman Emperor for three months in AD 253.
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Hostilian

Definition
Hostilian (Latin: Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus; died November 251) was Roman emperor from July to November 251. Hostilian was born to Decius and Herennia Etruscilla at an unknown date and elevated to Caesar in May 251 by Decius, the same month as his older brother, Herennius Etruscus, was raised to co-emperor.
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Volusian

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Volusianus (Gaius Vibius Volusianus Augustus; died August 253), also known as Volusian, was a Roman Emperor from 251 to 253 with his father, Trebonianus Gallus.
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Valerian

Definition
Valerian (Latin: Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus; 193/195/200 – 260 or 264), also known as Valerian the Elder, was Roman Emperor from 253 to 260. He was taken captive by Persian king Shapur I after the Battle of Edessa, becoming the only Roman Emperor who was captured as a prisoner of war, causing instability in the Empire.
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Person, Concept

Herennia Etruscilla

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Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla was an Augusta and later regent of the Roman Empire, married to Emperor Decius, and mother of Emperors Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian.
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Egnatia Mariniana

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Possibly a wife of the Emperor Valerian I attested by coins in the name of a "Diva Mariniana".
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Person, Concept

Gallienus

Definition
Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 22 October 253 to spring 260 and alone from spring 260 to September 268.
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Person, Concept

Macrianus Minor

Definition
Titus Fulvius Iunius Macrianus (died 261), also known as Macrianus Minor, was a Roman usurper. He was the son of Fulvius Macrianus, also known as Macrianus Major. He reigned with his brother, Quietus.
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Saloninus

Definition
Publius Licinius Cornelius Saloninus Valerianus (c. 242 – 260) was Roman Emperor in 259 or 260. He was the son of Gallienus.
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Cornelia Salonina

Definition
Julia Cornelia Salonina (died 268, Mediolanum) was an Augusta of the Roman Empire, married to Roman Emperor Gallienus and mother of Valerian II, Saloninus, and Marinianus.
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Quietus

Definition
Titus Fulvius Junius Quietus (died 261) was a Roman usurper against Roman Emperor Gallienus, with his brother Macrianus Minor.
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Regalianus

Definition
Briefly claimed the office of Emperor in 260.
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Dryantilla

Definition
Sulpicia Dryantilla was the wife of the briefly reigning usurper Regalianus.
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Valerian II

Definition
Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus (died 257 or 258), also known as Valerian II, was the eldest son of Roman Emperor Gallienus and Augusta Cornelia Salonina who was of Greek origin and grandson of the Emperor Valerian who was of a noble and traditional senatorial family.
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Quintus Julius Gallienus

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The youngest son of the Roman emperor, Gallienus
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Claudius II Gothicus

Definition
Claudius II (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Claudius Augustus; May 10, 213 – January 270), commonly known as Claudius Gothicus, was Roman Emperor from 268 to 270. During his reign he fought successfully against the Alamanni and scored a crushing victory against the Goths at the Battle of Naissus. He died after succumbing to a smallpox plague that ravaged the provinces of the Empire.
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Zenobia

Definition
Queen of Palmyra. Self proclaimed Augusta AD 272.
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Tetricus I

Definition
Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was Emperor of the Gallic Empire (Imperium Galliarum) from 271 to 274, following the murder of Victorinus. Tetricus, who ruled with his son, Tetricus II, was the last of the Gallic emperors following his surrender to the Roman emperor Aurelian.
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Quintillus

Definition
Quintillus (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus Augustus; c. 220 – April 270), commonly known as Quintillus, was Roman Emperor for less than a year in 270.
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Postumus

Definition
Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus was a Roman emperor of Batavian origin. He usurped power from Gallienus in 260 and formed the so-called Gallic Empire. He was recognised in Gaul, Germania, Britannia and Iberia until his murder in 269.
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Vabalathus

Definition
The Roman emperor Vabalathus. Son of Septimius Odaenathus and Zenobia.
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Victorinus

Definition
Marcus Piavonius Victorinus was emperor of the secessionist Gallic Empire from 269 to 271, following the brief reign of Marius. He was murdered by a jealous husband whose wife he tried to seduce.
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Marius

Definition
Marius is the second emperor of the so-called "Gallic Empire".
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Aureolus

Definition
Manius Acilius Aureolus (died 268) was a Roman military commander and would-be usurper.
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Aurelian

Definition
Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) was Roman emperor from 270 to 275. His reign featured an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited the Roman Empire after it had practically disintegrated under the pressure of barbarian invasions and internal revolts. His successes were instrumental in ending the Roman Crisis of the Third Century, earning him the title Restitutor Orbis – "Restorer of the World".
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Tacitus

Definition
Marcus Claudius Tacitus was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title Gothicus Maximus.
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Florianus

Definition
Florianus (Marcus Annius Florianus), also known as Florian, was Roman emperor in 276, from July to September. He was the maternal half-brother of his predecessor, Tacitus, who was proclaimed emperor in late 275, after the unexpected death of Emperor Aurelian.
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Probus

Definition
Probus (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus; c. 19 August 232 – September/October 282), was Roman Emperor from 276 to 282.
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Laelianus

Definition
Ulpius Cornelius Laelianus was a usurper against the Gallic Emperor Postumus.
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Saturninus

Definition
The Roman usurper Saturninus (pretender against Probus in 281).
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Person, Concept

Ulpia Severina

Definition
Wife of the Emperor Aurelian.
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Person, Concept

Domitian II

Definition
A usurper, probably in northern Gaul in late AD 270 or early 271.
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Person, Concept

Diocletian

Definition
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) was a Roman emperor from 284 to 305. Diocletian's reign stabilized the empire and marks the end of the Crisis of the Third Century. He appointed fellow officer Maximian as Augustus, co-emperor, in 286. Diocletian reigned in the Eastern Empire, and Maximian reigned in the Western Empire.
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Person, Concept

Carus

Definition
Carus (Marcus Aurelius Carus) was Roman emperor from 282 to 283, and was 60 at ascension. During his short reign, Carus fought the Germanic tribes and Sarmatians along the Danube frontier with success.
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Carinus

Definition
Carinus (Marcus Aurelius Carinus) was Roman emperor from 283 to 285. The elder son of emperor Carus, he was first appointed Caesar and in the beginning of 283 co-emperor of the western portion of the empire by his father.
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Numerian

Definition
Numerian (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus) was Roman emperor from 283 to 284 with his older brother Carinus.
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Maximian

Definition
Maximian (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius Augustus; c. 250 – c. July 310) was Roman Emperor from 286 to 305.
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Person, Concept

Julian of Pannonia

Definition
The Roman usurper Marcus Aurelius Sabinus Julianus, often referred to as Julian of Pannonia.
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Galeria Valeria

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Daughter of Diocletian and wife of Galerius
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Person, Concept

Bonosus

Definition
Usurper against Probus in the year 280.
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Nigrinian

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The Roman emperor Nigrinian, son of Carinus.
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Person, Concept

Constantine I

Definition
Constantine the Great (Latin: Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus; 27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337.
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Person, Concept

Constantius Chlorus

Definition
Constantius I (Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius; 31 March c. 250 – 25 July 306), commonly known as Constantius Chlorus was a Roman Emperor. He ruled as Caesar from 293 to 305 and as Augustus from 305 to 306.
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Helena

Definition
Helena, Helena Augusta, or Saint Helena (Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta), was an Empress of the Roman Empire, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.
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Person, Concept

Galerius

Definition
Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus) was Roman emperor from 305 to 311.
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Person, Concept

Carausius

Definition
Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Valerius Carausius (died 293) was a military commander of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century. He was a Menapian from Belgic Gaul,[1] who usurped power in 286, during the Carausian Revolt, declaring himself emperor in Britain and northern Gaul (Imperium Britanniarum).
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Theodora

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The second wife of the Roman emperor Constantius I Chlorus.
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Person, Concept

Domitius Domitianus

Definition
Lucius Domitius Domitianus was a Roman usurper against Diocletian, who seized power for a short time in Aegyptus.
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Person, Concept

Allectus

Definition
Allectus (died 296) was a Roman-Britannic usurper-emperor in Britain and northern Gaul from 293 to 296.
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Amandus

Definition
Usurper in Gaul in AD 285.
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Maxentius

Definition
Maxentius (Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius; c. 276 – 28 October 312) was Roman emperor from 306 to 312. He was the son of former Emperor Maximian and the son-in-law of Emperor Galerius.
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Maximinus Daia

Definition
Maximinus Daia[a] (Galerius Valerius Maximinus) was Roman emperor from 310 to 313. He became embroiled in the Civil wars of the Tetrarchy between rival claimants for control of the empire, in which he was defeated by Licinius.
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Person, Concept

Severus II

Definition
Flavius Valerius Severus, also Severus II, was a Roman emperor from 306 to 307. After failing to besiege Rome, he fled to Ravenna. It is thought that he was killed there or executed near Rome.
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Domitius Alexander

Definition
Lucius Domitius Alexander (died c. 311), probably born in Phrygia, was vicarius of Africa when Emperor Maxentius ordered him to send his son as hostage to Rome. Alexander refused and proclaimed himself emperor in 308.
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Martinianus

Definition
The Roman emperor [Sextus] Mar(cius?) Martinianus. Made Augustus by Licinius I in July 324.
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Valerius Valens

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The Roman emperor Valerius Valens. Made Augustus by Licinius I.
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Licinius II

Definition
Licinius II or Licinius the Younger (Valerius Licinianus Licinius; c. 315 – c. 326) was the son of the Roman emperor Licinius.
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Licinius

Definition
Licinius I (Latin: Gaius Valerius Licinianus Licinius Augustus (c. 263-325), was Roman Emperor from 308 to 324.
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Fausta

Definition
The wife of the Roman emperor Constantine I.
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Constantine II

Definition
Constantine II (Flavius Claudius Constantinus) was Roman emperor from 337 to 340. Son of Constantine the Great and co-emperor alongside his brothers, his attempt to exert his perceived rights of primogeniture led to his death in a failed invasion of Italy in 340.
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Constantius II

Definition
Constantius II (Flavius Julius Constantius) was Roman emperor from 337 to 361.
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Constans

Definition
Constans (Flavius Julius Constans) or Constans I was Roman emperor from 337 to 350. He defeated his brother Constantine II in 340, but anger in the army over his personal life (homosexuality) and favouritism towards his barbarian bodyguards led the general Magnentius to rebel, resulting in the assassination of Constans in 350.
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Constantius Gallus

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Flavius Claudius Constantius Gallus (326–354) was ruler of the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire from 351 to 354, as a junior colleague (Caesar) of his cousin the emperor Constantius II.
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Flavia Iulia Constantia

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Flavia Iulia Constantia, sister of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great and wife of Licinius I.
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Crispus

Definition
Flavius Julius Crispus was the eldest son of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. He was appointed junior emperor (caesar) in 317, only to be executed by his father 9 years later under mysterious circumstances.
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Hannibalianus

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Flavius Hannibalianus was a member of the Constantinian dynasty. Hannibalianus was the son of Flavius Dalmatius, and thus nephew of Constantine I, and brother of Dalmatius.
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Dalmatius

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Flavius Julius Dalmatius Caesar was a Caesar (335–337) of the Roman Empire, and member of the Constantinian dynasty, and brother to Hannibalianus.
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Decentius

Definition
Magnus Decentius (died 18 August 353) was a usurper of the western portion of the Roman Empire against emperor Constantius II.
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Julian the Apostate

Definition
Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus) was Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek. His rejection of Christianity, and his promotion of Neoplatonic Hellenism in its place, caused him to be remembered as Julian the Apostate by the Christian Church.
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Valens

Definition
Flavius Valens was eastern Roman emperor from 364 to 378. He was given the eastern half of the empire by his brother Valentinian I after the latter's accession to the throne. Valens was defeated and killed in the Battle of Adrianople, which marked the beginning of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.
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Valentinian I

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Valentinian I (Latin: Flavius Valentinianus Augustus; 321 – 17 November 375), also known as Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375.
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Jovianus

Definition
Jovian (Flavius Jovianus) was Roman emperor from June 363 to February 364. He was succeed by the brothers, Valens and Valentinian I, who established a new ruling dynasty.
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Gratian

Definition
Gratian (Flavius Gratianus) was the eldest son of Valentinian I, and Roman emperor from 367 to 383.
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Nepotianus

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Julius Nepotianus (died June 30, 350), sometimes known in English as Nepotian, was a member of the Constantinian dynasty who reigned as a short-lived usurper of the Roman Empire.
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Magnentius

Definition
Magnentius (Flavius Magnus Magnentius) was a usurper of the Roman Empire from 350 to 353.
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Procopius

Definition
Procopius (c. 325/326 – 27 May 366) was a Roman usurper against Valens, and a member of the Constantinian dynasty.
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Vetranio

Definition
Vetranio (died c. 356) was a Roman soldier, statesman and co-Emperor, a native of the province of Moesia (in modern Serbia). He briefly co-ruled with Constantius II after the murder of Constans in 350.
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Theodosius I

Definition
Flavius Theodosius I, also known as Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor from 379 to 395. On accepting his elevation, he campaigned against Goths and other barbarians who had invaded the Empire. He was the successor to Valens.
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Honorius

Definition
Flavius Honorius was Western Roman emperor from 395 to 423. He was the younger son of emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of Arcadius, who was the Eastern Emperor. Rome was sacked in 410.
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Arcadius

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Flavius Arcadius was Eastern Roman emperor from 395 to 408. He was the eldest son of Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and brother of the Western emperor Honorius.
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Valentinian II

Definition
Valentinian II (Flavius Valentinianus), was Roman emperor from AD 375 to 392, born to Valentian I and his second wife, Justina. He was the half-brother of Gratian.
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Magnus Maximus

Definition
Magnus Maximus was Roman emperor in the western portion of the Empire from 383 to 388. He usurped the throne from emperor Gratian in 383, through negotiation with emperor Theodosius I. As emperor in Britannia and Gaul, he invaded Italy in 388, which resulted in his defeat by Theodosius. He co-ruled with his son, Flavius Victor.
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Aelia Pulcheria

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Daughter of the Roman emperor Arcadius.
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Galla Placidia

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Daughter of the Roman emperor Theodosius I.
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Aelia Eudoxia

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The wife of the Roman emperor Arcadius.
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Aelia Flacilla

Definition
The wife of the Roman emperor Theodosius I.
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Theodosius II

Definition
Flavius Theodosius II commonly called Theodosius the Younger, or the Calligrapher, was the Eastern Roman Emperor for most of his life, proclaimed augustus as an infant in 402 and ruling as the Eastern Empire's sole emperor after the death of his father Arcadius in 408.
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Constantine III

Definition
Flavius Claudius Constantinus, known in English as Constantine III, was a Roman general who declared himself Western Roman Emperor in Britannia in 407 and established himself in Gaul. He was co-emperor with Honorius from 409 until 411.
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Constantius III

Definition
Constantius III (Flavius Constantius) was Roman co-emperor of the West in 421 with Honorius, from 8 February until his death on 2 September.
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Grata Honoria

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Justa Grata Honoria, commonly referred to during her lifetime as Honoria, was the daughter of the Roman emperor Constantius III and older sister of Valentinian III. She is famous for her plea of love and help to Attila the Hun, which led to his proclamation of his claim to rule the Western Roman Empire.
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Priscus Attalus

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Priscus Attalus (d. after 416) was twice Roman usurper (in 409-10 and in 414-15), against Emperor Honorius, with Visigothic support. He was the last non-Christian Roman emperor.
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Flavius Victor

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Flavius Victor was a Western Roman emperor from either 383/384 or 387 to August 388, recognized as a legitimate emperor by Theodosius I. He was the son of Magnus Maximus, and co-ruler.
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Maximus of Barcelona

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Maximus, the Roman usurper (409 - 411) during the reign of Honorius in Hispania.
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Eugenius

Definition
Flavius Eugenius was a usurper in the western Roman Empire (392–394) against Emperor Theodosius I. He was the last Emperor to support Roman polytheism.
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Aelia Eudocia

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The wife of the Roman emperor Theodosius II.
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Valentinian III

Definition
Valentinian III (Flavius Placidius Valentinianus), son of Constantius III and Galla Placidia, was Roman emperor of the West from 425 to 455. His reign was marked by the ongoing collapse of the Western Empire.
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Leo I

Definition
Flavius Novus Leo I (401 – 18 January 474) was Eastern Roman emperor from 457 to 474. A native of Dacia Aureliana near historic Thrace, he was known as Leo the Thracian.
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Leo II

Definition
Flavius Leo II was briefly the Byzantine (East Roman) emperor in 474 AD when he was a child aged 7. He was the son of Zeno, the Isaurian general and future emperor, and Ariadne, the daughter of Emperor Leo I. Leo II was made co-emperor with his grandfather Leo I on 18 November 473, and became sole emperor on 18 January 474 after Leo I died of dysentery.
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Marcian

Definition
Marcian (Flavius Marcianus) was Roman emperor of the East from 450 to 457.
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Joannes

Definition
Iohannes (d. June or July 425), known in English as Joannes or even John, was a Roman usurper (423–425) against Valentinian III.
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