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    has been hypothesized that Postumus himself was born in Deuso. From these relatively obscure provincial origins, Postumus would have risen through the...
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    Augustus initially considered Postumus as a potential successor and formally adopted him as his heir, before banishing Postumus from Rome in AD 6 on account...
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    This left Postumus, who was governor of Germania Superior and Inferior, in charge at the Rhine border. An exceptional administrator, Postumus had also...
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  • Look up postumus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Postumus (Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus, died 269) was a Roman usurper and founder of the Gallic...
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  • Poenius Postumus was praefectus castrorum (camp prefect) of the Roman legion II Augusta, stationed in Britain during the rebellion of Boudica in 61 AD...
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    discovered in 1992 at Augsburg indicates that Postumus had been proclaimed emperor by September 260. Postumus claimed the consulship for himself and one...
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    In the Historia Augusta, Postumus the Younger (Latin: Postumus Iūnior) figures as one of the so-called Thirty Tyrants who usurped power against the Roman...
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  • Gaius Rabirius Postumus was a Roman banker. He is notable for having been defended by Cicero (54 BC) in the extant speech Pro Rabirio Postumo, when charged...
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    Lucius Caesar, Agrippina the Elder (mother of Caligula), and Agrippa Postumus (a posthumous son). From June 20 BC to the spring of 18 BC, Agrippa was...
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  • Aphrodite by a Postumus; Syme identifies its author as Apollonides of Nicaea, and the person responsible for the temple as Vibius Postumus, who had the...
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    Croatian: Ladislav Posmrtni; Czech: Ladislav Pohrobek; German: Ladislaus Postumus; 22 February 1440 – 23 November 1457), was Duke of Austria and King of...
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  • Postumus Aebutius Helva Cornicen (fl. c. 442–435 BC) was consul at Rome in 442 BC, and magister equitum in 435. Aebutius was elected consul for the year...
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    delay, Postumus had established some control over the Empire. In 265, when Gallienus and his men crossed the Alps, they defeated and besieged Postumus in...
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    Europe for naming years. Emperor Gallienus tries twice to crush the usurper Postumus, but on the first occasion Aureolus, commander of the elite cavalry, carelessly...
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  • 98 as the colleague of Aulus Vicirius Martialis. Postumus is known entirely from inscriptions. Postumus is also attested as a member of the Arval Brethren...
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    Arabs to burn a fleet that Antonius had built in the Red Sea. Aulus Didius Postumus, proconsul of Cyprus during the reign of Augustus. Aulus Didius Gallus...
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  • Sextus Julius Caesar was a Roman statesman, and the first member of the Julii Caesares to hold the consulship, which he attained in 157 BC. From his filiation...
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  • but not before Postumus reveals the truth to Claudius. Claudius then passes this on to Germanicus, who convinces Augustus of Postumus' innocence. Augustus...
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  • John Collett Postumus Elieson (21 February 1810 – 27 May 1876) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. Elieson was born at Rygge in Østfold, Norway. He...
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  • Look up postumus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Postumus is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was most common during the early centuries...
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  • Claudius Postumus Dardanus was a praetorian prefect of Gaul from the early fifth century AD, who was against Jovinus, considered as a usurper of imperial...
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    Emperor Postumus refused to allow them to sack the city. They murdered the emperor and in the confusion that followed, the army elected Marius as Postumus' successor...
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    Agrippa Postumus, a grandson of the Emperor Augustus, had a villa on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, which was buried in the eruption of 79 AD. The villa...
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  • grandson Postumus Agrippa (Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus). He afterwards also became known as pseudo-Agrippa. He was a former slave of Agrippa Postumus, the...
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    under Postumus, either the legatus of Germania Superior or the commander of Legio XXII Primigenia. Laelian represented a strong danger to Postumus because...
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    The II Augusta, based at Exeter, was available, but its prefect, Poenius Postumus, declined to heed the call. Nonetheless, Suetonius was able to assemble...
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    redraw the line of succession by adopting Lucius' younger brother, Agrippa Postumus as well as his stepson, Tiberius on 26 June 4 AD. Lucius' father Marcus...
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    died, the one remaining son, Agrippa Postumus, was adopted at the same time as Tiberius, but later Agrippa Postumus was sent into exile and finally killed...
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    proclaimed Augustus by his troops. Postumus besieges Cologne, where Silvanus is praetorian prefect and Roman ruler of Gaul. Postumus executes Saloninus and his...
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    issue with the altar reverse, and Victorinus (268-270). Imitations of Postumus antoniniani are scarce, although imitations of his large bronzes (such...
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