Septimius Antiochus
Septimius Antiochus († after 273 ) was a brief Roman usurper in Syria .
In the year 272 the Roman emperor Aurelian had defeated the special empire of Palmyra ; the anti-emperor Vaballathus and his mother Zenobia fell into Roman captivity. According to Zosimos , a year later a rebellion against Roman rule broke out in Palmyra, during which Antiochus, presumably the father (or son?) Of Zenobias, was proclaimed Augustus at the instigation of an Apsaeus . The uprising was betrayed to Aurelian by Marcellinus and suppressed by troops loyal to the emperor. The emperor supposedly spared the usurper's life.
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literature
- PIR² A 745
- Udo Hartmann : The Palmyrene Partial Kingdom. Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-515-07800-2 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Antiochus, Septimius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman usurper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 273 |