at some point. The dictionary definition of usurper at Wiktionary Coup d'état Misappropriation Roman usurper Key, T. Hewitt (1855). "On the Derivation and...

A usurper is a person who makes an illegitimate or controversial claim to power. Look up usurper, usurp, or usurpation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...

Gallienus, who was Egyptian and brother of Theodotus. Celsus – fictitious usurper of Africa. Allegedly proclaimed emperor by Vibius Passienus, proconsul...

The following is a list of usurpers – illegitimate or controversial claimants to the throne in a monarchy. The word usurper is a derogatory term, and as...

A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author George R. R. Martin. He began writing the first volume, A Game of Thrones...

Usurp Synapse is a screamo band from Lafayette, Indiana. The group combines fast and frantic grindcore influenced drumming and guitar work, and raw screams...

Procopius (Ancient Greek: Προκόπιος; 326 – 27 May 366) was a Roman usurper against Valens. Procopius was a native of Cilicia and born in Corycus around...

the usurper had to be a charismatic man to avoid doubts in his ranks and an untimely death. Valerian I, who defeated Aemilianus, himself a usurper, is...

Septimius (or Septiminus) was a Roman usurper who was proclaimed Emperor in either 271 or 272 AD, under the reign of Aurelian. Septimius declared himself...

Peter (Latin: Petrus) was a Roman usurper of the early sixth century AD, recorded in two minor sources: the Consularia Caesaraugustana and the Victoris...

Conan the Usurper is a 1967 collection of four fantasy short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, featuring Howard's sword...

true queen, after which the usurper queen lays eggs then exploits the host workers (thus, no workers exist within the usurper species) to feed her and her...

Patricius (Hebrew: נטרונא, Natrona; d. 352) was one of the main leaders in the Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus in the Roman province of Syria...

Cosmas (died 727) was an unsuccessful Byzantine usurper during the reign of Leo III. In 726/727, a revolt broke out in Hellas against the Iconoclast policies...

Khosrow (Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭥𐭮𐭫𐭥𐭣𐭩), was briefly the King of Kings of the Sasanian Empire in 420. Khosrow was the son of Bahram IV (r. 388–399), the...

Petronius Magnus (died 235 AD) was a senator of consular rank and a Roman usurper. After the death of Emperor Severus Alexander there was much ill-feeling...

Roman usurpers compiled by the author(s) of the Historia Augusta. According to Historia, this Valens was the uncle or great-uncle of another usurper, Valens...

Appius Claudius Censorinus was a fictitious usurper against Roman Emperor Claudius II, (in ca AD 269) according to the unreliable Historia Augusta. He...

Urbanus was a Roman usurper. Urbanus declared himself emperor in either 271 or 272 AD, during the reign of Aurelian. He likely staged his revolt in Dalmatia...

Empire, supporter of usurper Procopius and briefly an usurper himself. There are two versions of the history of his usurpation, the first told by Ammianus...

Diocese of the East and of the Diocese of Egypt suggesting they accept the usurper as Emperor. Leontius was recognized in Antioch, where he entered July 27...

Bonosus (died AD 280) was a late 3rd-century Roman usurper. He was born in Hispania (Roman Spain) to a British father and Gallic mother. His father—a...

Domitian II (died 271), Roman usurper for a few weeks Domitius Domitianus (died 297), rarely known as Domitian III, Roman usurper who ruled Egypt in 297 Domitian...

Titus Cornelius Celsus was supposedly a Roman usurper, who rebelled against Gallienus. He was one of the so-called Thirty Tyrants enumerated by Trebellius...

Romanus (died 470) was a Roman usurper in the Western Roman Empire who unsuccessfully rebelled against the Emperor Anthemius in 470 before being executed...

far, she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Usurper. Usurper had a short-lived career with the Royal Navy. During her work-up patrol...

Bardiya's death was not known to the people, and so in the spring of 522 BC, a usurper pretended to be him and proclaimed himself king on a mountain near the...

Byzantine usurper...

Land usurpation is the appropriation of land from the previous or lawful owner. Dean, Werren (1971). "Latifundia and Land Policy in Nineteenth-Century...

to help him. They put his soul inside Rasputin's body. Rasputin goes to usurp the czar and he is murdered. The two souls fly out of Rasputin's body through...