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Hostilian
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus, Hostilianus, Gaius Valentius Hostilianus Messius Quintus, Hostilianus Perpenna, Valens Hostilianus
Hostilian (; died July 251) was briefly Roman emperor in 251. Hostilian was born to Decius and Herennia Etruscilla at an unknown date and elevated to caesar in 250 by Decius. After Decius and Herennius Etruscus, Hostilian's brother, were killed at the Battle of Abritus, an ambush by the Goths, Trebonianus Gallus was proclaimed emperor by the legions. Almost immediately, he elevated Hostilian to co-emperor and his own son, Volusianus, to caesar. Hostilian died soon after, either due to plague or being murdered by Trebonianus Gallus.
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Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus was a male ruler and Roman emperor in Ancient Rome. Born in 230 in Sremska Mitrovica, he held the noble title of Augustus. His father was Decius, and his mother was Herennia Etruscilla. He had a sibling named Herennius Etruscus.
Hostilian died in 251 in Rome. The cause of his death was plague, with the manner of death listed as both natural causes and homicide. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and Pauly–Wissowa.
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Key facts
- Royalty.image
- Ostiliano, 253, 01.JPG
- Royalty.image_size
- 250px
- Royalty.alt
- White marble bust
- Royalty.caption
- Bust of Hostilian
- Royalty.succession
- Roman emperor
- Royalty.reign
- June – July 251
- Royalty.predecessor
- Decius andHerennius Etruscus
- Royalty.successor
- Trebonianus Gallus and Volusianus
- Royalty.regent
- Trebonianus Gallus
- Royalty.birth_date
- 230
- Royalty.birth_place
- Sirmium
- Royalty.death_date
- July 251 (aged 20-21)
- Royalty.full name
- Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus
- Royalty.regnal name
- Imperator Caesar Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Augustus
- Royalty.father
- Decius
- Royalty.mother
- Herennia Etruscilla
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Sremska Mitrovica
- Place of death
- Rome
- Father
- Decius
- Mother
- Herennia Etruscilla
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- Roman emperor
- Noble title
- Augustus
- Image
- Aureus Hostilian RIC 0183a.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Primary sources
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Hostilian (; died July 251) was briefly Roman emperor in 251. Hostilian was born to Decius and Herennia Etruscilla at an unknown date and elevated to caesar in 250 by Decius. After Decius and Herennius Etruscus, Hostilian's brother, were killed at the Battle of Abritus, an ambush by the Goths, Trebonianus Gallus was proclaimed emperor by the legions. Almost immediately, he elevated Hostilian to co-emperor and his own son, Volusianus, to caesar. Hostilian died soon after, either due to plague or being murdered by Trebonianus Gallus.
==History== left|thumb|Aureus of Hostilian as caesar Hostilian was born at an unknown date, to Decius, a Roman general who later became Emperor, and his wife Herennia Etruscilla. He had a brother, Herennius Etruscus, and one sister. His full name based on coinage and inscriptions was Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus, but to this the historian Aurelius Victor adds Perpenna or Perperna, a name of Etruscan origin.
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