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    Procopius (/proʊˈkoʊpiəs/; Ancient Greek: Προκόπιος; July 325 – 27 May 366) was a Roman usurper against Valens. Procopius was born in July 325, in Corycus...
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  • and saint Procopius (usurper) (326–366), Roman usurper Procopius (magister militum) (fl. 422–424), Roman general, descendant of the usurper and father...
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  • 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...
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  • Procopius (fl. 420s) was a Roman patrician and military leader. Descended from the Roman usurper Procopius, Procopius was the father of Roman Emperor...
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  • Anthemius, Western Roman emperor between 467 and 472, who descended from Procopius, usurper in 365–366 against Emperor Valens and relative of Emperor Julian's...
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    Procopius, Bellum Gothicum, ii. 14; Evagrius, Hist. eccl., iv. 20 Procopius, iv. 4; Evagrius, iv. 23. Procopius, iv. 3; Evagrius, iv. 22. Procopius,...
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  • in the Euphrates after being hailed Augustus Ovinius Camillus, alleged usurper mentioned only in the Historia Augusta, now thought to have been fictitious...
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    both internal and external. He defeated, after some dithering, the usurper Procopius in 366, and campaigned against the Goths across the Danube in 367...
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  • served under Agilo, the magister militum under the usurper Procopius. Gomoarius later defected from Procopius to the rightful emperor Valens, helping the latter...
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    father was Procopius, magister militum per Orientem from 422 to 424, who descended from Procopius, a cousin of Emperor Julian and a usurper against the...
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  • involved in the death of Caesar Constantius Gallus and in the usurpation of Procopius. Serenianus was born in Pannonia. attended at the court of Roman...
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  • lviii Procopius, History of the Wars: The Persian War, I.13.16 Dodgeon, Greatrex, Lieu (1991), p. xx Procopius, The Buildings, II.2.19 Procopius, History...
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    insistence. Some scholars believe Procopius intended to portray Justinian as more cowardly than his wife, noting that Procopius made her quote an advice given...
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  • between the army of the Roman Emperor Valens and the army of the usurper Procopius, led by his general Gomoarius. After the death of the emperor Julian...
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  • Constantinople Proclus Oneirocrites Procopius (usurper) Procopius (magister militum) Procopius Anthemius (emperor's son) Procopius of Caesarea Proedros Progonos...
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  • Hypatius (consul 500) (category Byzantine usurpers)
    to see the punishment meted out, and the involuntary usurper was executed. According to Procopius, Hypatius's properties were also promptly seized by the...
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    Emperor Valens defeats the troops of Procopius, bringing an end to his revolt; Serenianus and Marcellus are killed. Procopius flees the battlefield, but is executed...
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  • the usurpers Procopius and Marcellus. Civil War – 366 – Battle of Thyatira – The army of the Roman emperor Valens defeats the usurper Procopius. Great...
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  • commander in the emperor Valens' campaign against the usurper Procopius, and following the defeat of Procopius was made consul in 367. During the reign of Emperor...
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  • north of the Danube from the Black Sea, had engaged to supply the usurper Procopius with troops for the struggle against Roman Emperor Valens. The Gothic...
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    political support, Domitianus is more properly categorized as a Roman usurper rather than an emperor. His attempted coup should also be understood in...
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    adopted by Procopius and even by the Romanized Goth, Jordanes—writing just before the conclusion of the Gothic Wars—was that Totila was a usurper. According...
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    Magnentius (category 4th-century Roman usurpers)
    Magnus Magnentius (c. 303 – 10 August 353) was a Roman general and usurper against Constantius II. Of Germanic descent, Magnentius served with distinction...
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    Silbannacus was an obscure Roman emperor or usurper during the Crisis of the Third Century. Silbannacus is not mentioned in any contemporary documents...
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    (/ˈpəkeɪʃ(i)ən/; Latin: Tiberius Claudius Mar[...] Pacatianus; died c. 248) was a usurper in the Danube area of the Roman Empire during the time of Philip the Arab...
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  • Empire's eastern half from Valens. Arbitio ignored a summons from Procopius, and the usurper, who had been hoping to arrange an alliance, instead confiscated...
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    near Thyateira saw the army of Roman emperor Valens defeat Roman usurper Procopius. Artemidorus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτεμίδωρος) of Thyateira was an athlete...
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    Nepotianus (category 4th-century Roman usurpers)
    as a short-lived usurper of the Roman Empire. He ruled the city of Rome for twenty-eight days, before being killed by his rival usurper Magnentius's general...
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    used for usurper emperors. He was killed in battle four days following the start of his rebellion. According to the 6th-century historian Procopius: "In the...
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    185 Procopius, De Bello Gothico I.XXIII Procopius, De Bello Gothico I.XXVII Bury (1923), Ch. XIX, p. 188 Procopius, De Bello Gothico II.VI Procopius, De...
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