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Latest revision as of 18:20, June 2, 2011
A.D. 235-284, Roman emperors who seized power using the army as a base; they usually came from a poverty-stricken rural background. Diocletian (ruled 284-305 AD) was the most famous example.
List of the Barrack Emperors A.D. 235 - A.D. 268
- Maximinus Thrax
- Gordian I
- Gordian II
- Pupienus and Balbinus
- Gordian III
- Sabinianus
- Philip the Arab
- Pacantius
- Jotapian
- Silbannacus
- Decius
- Priscus
- Licinianus
- Herennius Etruscus
- Hostilian
- Gallus
- Volusianus
- Aemilian
- Valerian
- Gallienus
- Ingenuus
- Regalianus
- Macrianus Major
- Quietus
- Mussius Aemilianus
- Aureolus
Further reading
- Southern, Pat. The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine (2001) covers 193-337 AD online edition