Tiberius Claudius Marinus Pacatianus was one of a number of ambitious Roman soldiers who claimed the purple about 249, late in the reign of the Roman EmperorPhilip the Arab. Philip sent Decius to deal with him, but before the general arrived Pacatian was already dead, murdered by his own troops in Moesia.
As his legacy he left a small number of coins struck with is name, which fetch high prices at auctions.
Thread: Philip the Arab Son of an Arabian, Philip took the throne from Gordian while on the eastern campaign.
Philip was a decent emperor, his reign marked by sanity and military accomplishment, but this being a tumultuous time, he was soon beset upon my rivals to the throne: Pacantius, Iotapianus, Silbannacus, and then was finally defeated by Decius his own appointee to Pannonia.
Marcus Julius Philippus rose from obscure origins to rule for five and one-half years as Rome's emperor.
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