M. F. Ru. Iotapianus was an usurper in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire during the reign of Philip the Arab, around AD 249. Iotapianus. ... Iotapianus. ... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Caesar Augustus. ... Emperor Philip the Arab Marcus Julius Philippus (about 204 - 249), known in English as Philip the Arab, was Roman emperor from 244 to 249. ... Events Trajan Decius becomes Roman emperor. ...
He first appears in a rebellion raised against taxation improved by the governor Priscus, who was Philip's brother. The rebellion soon came to an end, and Iotapianus was killed by his own soldiers. Gaius Julius Priscus (3rd century) was a Roman military man and member of the Praetorian guard in the reign of Gordian III. Priscus was born in the Syrian Roman province, possibly in Damascus, son of a Julius Marinus a local Roman citizen, possibly of some importance. ...
Iotapianus is known from coins and from accounts in Sextus Aurelius Victor, Zosimus, and Polemius Silvius. Sextus Aurelius Victor, prefect of Pannonia about 360 ( xxi. ... For the pope of this name see Pope Zosimus Zosimus, Greek historical writer, nourished at Constantinople during the second half of the 5th century A.D. According to Photius, he was a count, and held the office of advocate of the imperial treasury. ...
External link
Körner essay on usurpers (http://salve5.salve.edu/~romanemp/Koerner.htm)
Iotapianus was eventually defeated and killed in the East, as was Pacatianus along the Danube.
Iotapianus was not a military usurper like Pacatianus and Decius and had led a rebellion of provincials against the tax policy of Rome.
Iotapianus, on the other hand, was the leader of an uprising of the Eastern provincials who felt that the government did not regard their interests sufficiently.
According to Zosimus, the revolts of Pacatianus in Moesia (he probably controlled Viminacium) and Iotapianus in Syria prompted Philip to offer to Senate to step down, but senator Decius (who was sent by Philip to deal with the rebellion), correctly predicted that Pacatianus would soon be killed by his own men before his own arrival.
The uprising was crushed and Philip nominated Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius (201- July 1 251), Roman emperor (249 - 251) was born at Budalia near Sirmium in lower Pannonia.
Iotapianus was an usurper in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire during the reign of Philip the Arab, around AD 249.
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