Ovinius Camillus

Ovinius Camillus was reportedly a Roman usurper under Severus Alexander . He is considered fictional.

According to the (often unreliable) Historia Augusta , Ovinius Camillus was an elderly senator who rose up against Severus Alexander and his mother Julia Mamaea . The plot was uncovered, but the usurper was allegedly spared by the emperor - whom the author of the Historia Augusta portrays extremely positively - and even made co-regent for a short time.

swell

• Historia Augusta , Severus Alexander 48 (engl.)

literature

• Jean Béranger: SHA Alex. Sev. 48.1 et la cura rei publicae. In: Gerhard Wirth et al. (Ed.): Romanitas - Christianitas. Research on the history and literature of the Roman Empire. Festschrift for Johannes Straub . De Gruyter, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-110-08551-8 , pp. 308-323 .