Julian of Pannonia

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Julian of Pannonia
Africa Province
Names
Marcus Aurelius Sabinus Julianus
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Sabinus Julianus Augustus
Antoninianus of Julian, celebrating the two provinces of Pannonia.

Marcus Aurelius Sabinus Julianus,

numismatic
evidence.

Usurper against Carinus (283–285)

Julian was a

Siscia, some of them bearing a legend celebrating Pannonia. Emperor Carinus, brother of Numerian, who had marched from Roman Britain to deal with the usurpation, met, defeated, and killed Julian early in 285, in Italy[4] (possibly in Verona),[5] or in Illyricum.[2]

According to some scholars, it is possible that two usurpers actually existed: a Marcus Aurelius Julianus, corrector in Italy, rebelled after Carus' death, with the control of Pannonia, and defeated in Illyricum; and a Sabinus Julianus, praetorian prefect, usurper in Italy after Numerian's death, defeated near Verona.[6]

Another usurper, simply named Julian, raised some turmoil in

Africa Province, against Carinus, with the support of the Quinquegentani tribe.[7]

Usurper against Maximian and Diocletian

A third Julian is mentioned revolting between the time

Augustus (1 March 286) and the time Constantius Chlorus and Galerius became Caesar (March 1, 293). The revolt of this Julianus took place in Italy, but ended when, during a siege, a breach was opened in the walls of his city, and he threw himself in the fire.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ His name is known from his coins, where his name is given as "M. Aur. Iulianus", and from literary sources: Aurelius Victor (Epitome, 38.6) and Zosimus (1.73; 1.3) give "Sabinus Julianus"; "Julianus" is supported by Aurelius Victor, Liber, 39.10.
  2. ^ a b c Aurelius Victor, Liber, 39.10.
  3. ^ a b Zosimus, i.73.1.
  4. ^ Zosimus, i.73.3.
  5. ^ Aurelius Victor, Epitome, 38.6.
  6. ^ Morris.
  7. ^ Aurelius Victor, Liber, 39.22.
  8. ^ Aurelius Victor, Epitome, 39.3-4.

References

Primary sources

  • Aurelius Victor, Epitome de Caesaribus, 38.6, 39.3-4
  • Aurelius Victor, Liber de Caesaribus, 39.10, 39.22
  • Zosimus, Historia Nova,

Secondary sources

  • Banchich, Thomas, and Michael DiMaio, "Iulianus (ca. 286-293 A.D.)", De Imperatoribus Romanis
  • Leadbetter, William, "Carinus (283-285 A.D.)", De Imperatoribus Romanis
  • Morris, John; Arnold Hugh Martin Jones; John Robert Martindale (1992). The prosopography of the later Roman Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 474. .

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