Pacatianus

Reece Period attributed: Period 12

Member of the Third Century Emperors dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 248 until 249.

Tiberius Claudius Marinus Pacatianus usurped power briefly during the reign of Philip I in Upper Moesia. He was murdered by his own soldiers.

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Wikipedia derived information

Tiberius Claudius Marinus Pacatianus (died circa 248) was an usurper in the Danube area of the Roman Empire during the time of Philip the Arab.

He is known from coins, and from mentions in Zosimus and Zonaras, who say that he was an officer in one of the Danube legions. According to Zosimus, the revolts of Pacatianus in Moesia (he probably controlled Viminacium) and Iotapianus in Syria prompted Philip to make an offer to the Roman Senate to step down, but the senator Decius (who was sent by Philip to deal with the rebellion), correctly predicted that Pacatianus the Great would soon be killed by his own men before his own arrival..

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