Hostilian

Reece Period attributed: Period 12

Member of the Third Century Emperors dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 251 until 251.

Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus was Trajan Decius’ younger son. He became Caesar in 251, and survived his father and brother. Decius’ successor, Trebonianus Gallus, adopted Hostilian and raised him to Augustus, but Hostilian died after a very short period of joint rule when he contracted the Plague.

Other resources about Hostilian

• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Hostilian
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostilian

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Hostilian
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• Predecessor: Decius, Herennius Etruscus
• Successor: Trebonianus Gallus, Volusianus
• Definition: Hostilian (Latin: Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus; died 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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  • Father: Decius
  • Mother: Herennia Etruscilla
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  • List of Roman Emperors
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  • 3rd-century Roman emperors
  • Year of birth uncertain
  • Sons of Roman emperors
  • 230s births
  • Messii
  • Illyrian emperors
  • Decian dynasty
  • 251 deaths
  • Deaths from smallpox