Quartinus

Quartinus († 235 ) was traditionally a Roman statesman and in 235, during the reign of Maximinus Thrax , anti-emperor.

The historian Herodian reports that Quartinus, a good friend of Severus Alexander , who was overthrown and killed by Thrax, was dismissed from the army by the new emperor. He was then proclaimed emperor against his will by the Osrhoen archers under Macedo, who wanted to avenge Severus Alexander.

Surprisingly, Quartinus was only murdered shortly after his proclamation by Macedo, who severed the head from the corpse and presented it to Maximinus Thrax, hoping for a reward. Although he was pleased, he had Macedo executed as a precaution, which ended the whole story short and bloody.

However, there are indications that suggest that the usurpation of Quartinus, which is not mentioned in any independent source except for Herodian (the Historia Augusta , there he is called Titus, is only an embodiment of the Herodian account), is unhistorical and based on an invention of Herodian or his sources. The same applies to Magnus , another alleged anti-emperor of Maximinus Thrax.

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Herodian, History of the Empire according to Marc Aurel 7,1,9-10.
Historia Augusta, Maximinus 11: 1-5.
Historia Augusta, Thirty Tyrants 32.

Individual evidence

^ Martin Zimmermann : Emperor and event. Studies on the historical work of Herodian (= Vestigia. Contributions to ancient history. Volume 52). CH Beck, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-406-45162-4 , pp. 256-260.

personal data
SURNAME	Quartinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman statesman and counter-emperor
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century or 3rd century
DATE OF DEATH	235

[1] Martin Zimmermann : Emperor and event. Studies on the historical work of Herodian (= Vestigia. Contributions to ancient history. Volume 52). CH Beck, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-406-45162-4 , pp. 256-260.