Censorinus (opposing emperor)

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Censorinus was one of the so-called thirty tyrants in the Historia Augusta and alleged anti-emperor of Claudius Gothicus (268-270). It is not considered historical.

The late antique and very controversial Historia Augusta According Censorinus, a veteran of was Persian campaign of Valerian , proclaimed by his soldiers to the emperor, but little later killed because of overly strict disciplinary regiment. His grave is said to have been in Bologna , which could be interpreted as an indication of the location of the elevation. Of the numerous offices assigned to Censorinus , including two consulates , none can be historically verified; it corresponds more to an official career in the late 4th century and is an important evidence of the fiction of the Vita in the Historia Augusta . Neither are coins of the usurper known.

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literature

  • Klaus-Peter Johne : The biography of the counter-emperor Censorinus. A contribution to the social origin of the Historia Augusta . In: Bonner Historia-Augusta-Colloquium 1972/1974 . Edited by A. Alföldi / J. Straub, Bonn 1976, pp. 131-142.
  • Klaus-Peter Johne: Emperor's biography and Senate aristocracy . Berlin 1976, p. 121ff.
  • PIR²C 656
  • PLRE I 197, No. 3

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