Priscus Attalus

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Priscus Attalus (Greek: Πρίσκος Άτταλος, died after 416) was twice Roman usurper (in 409–10 and in 414–15), against Emperor Honorius, with Visigothic support. Originally a pagan, he was eventually baptized as an Arian Christian,^[1] thus becoming the last pretender to the Roman imperial office who did not profess Nicene Christianity.

Biography

Priscus Attalus was a Greek from the Roman province of Asia, whose father had moved to Italy under Valentinian I. Attalus was an important senator in Rome, who served as praefectus urbi in 409. He was twice proclaimed emperor by the Visigoths, in an effort to impose their terms on the ineffectual Emperor Honorius, in Ravenna.

He held the title of Emperor in Rome for a few months 409–410, and later in

• Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
• List of Roman usurpers

References

• Elton, Hugh, "Attalus (409-410, 414-415 A.D.)", De Imperatoribus Romanis

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