Priscus Attalus

Reece Period attributed: Period 22

Member of the Fifth Century dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 409 until 410.

Attalus was Prefect of Rome when Alaric besieged the city a second time (409). Alaric forced the Senate to make Attalus emperor by threatening to destroy the grain supplies at Ostia; Attalus became a puppet for the barbarian ruler.

Attalus was deposed in 410 for incompetence, but was proclaimed emperor again in 414 by Alaric’s successor Ataulf. In 415 he was deposed again and given to Honorius, who banished him.

Other resources about Priscus Attalus

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

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Priscus Attalus
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  • Priscus Attalus
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• Predecessor: Honorius (emperor)
• Successor: Honorius (emperor)
• Definition: Priscus Attalus (Greek: Πρίσκος Άτταλος, died after 416) was twice Roman usurper (in 409–10 and in 414–15), against Emperor Honorius, with Visigothic support. He was the last non-Christian pretender to the Roman imperial office.
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• Death place: Lipari Islands
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  • Ancient Roman exiles
  • 5th-century deaths
  • 5th-century Roman usurpers
  • Ancient Greeks in Rome
  • Roman emperors
  • Year of birth unknown
  • Urban prefects of Rome
  • Late-Roman-era pagans