Hercules crowning Florianus. This coin celebrates the AETERNITAS AVG, the eternal life of the emperor, but Florianus ruled only 88 days.
Imperator CaesarMarcus Annius FlorianusPius Felix Invictus Augustus was a Roman Emperor who ruled in 276. Florianus 276 AD. Antoninianus (3. ... Florianus 276 AD. Antoninianus (3. ... Hercules and Cacus, by Baccio Bandinelli, 1525 - 1534. ... Roman Emperor is the term historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Events Sassanid Shah Bahram II succeeded Bahram I. Probus became Roman Emperor. ...
Florianus was reportedly a maternal half-brother to Marcus Claudius Tacitus. He was chosen by the army in the West to succeed Tacitus in 276. Florianus was fighting against the Eruli when the army in the East elected Probus. The two rival emperors met in battle in Cilicia, and when it was clear Probus had the superior force, Florianus was assassinated by his own troops. He had been emperor for 88 days. A prophecy circulated that a descendant would one day restore the Senate and rule as far as Ceylon. Emperor Tacitus on a coin. ... The Heruli (spelled variously in Latin and Greek) were a nomadic Germanic people, who were subjugated by the Ostrogoths and Huns in the 3rd to 5th centuries. ... For the village in Cornwall see Probus, Cornwall. ... It has been suggested that Targeted killing be merged into this article or section. ...
In the Middle Ages the von Blumenthal family claimed descent from him, apparently because both names refer to flowers. Von Blumenthal is a noble family from Brandenburg, Prussia. ...
"…FLORIANUS, who succeeded Tacitus, was on the throne only two mouths and twenty days, and did nothing worthy of mention..…"
English version of Breviarium ab Urbe Condita
Eutropius was a pagan Roman historian of the later 4th century, writing in Latin, whose brief remarks about himself let us know that he had served under Emperor Julian the Apostate (ruled 361 - 363) and his history covers the reigns of Valentinian and Valens (died 378). ...
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