Quietus coin celebrating Eternal Rome.

For the single by Epica, see Quietus (Silent Reverie)

Titus Fulvius Iunius Quietus (d. 261) was a Roman usurper. Image File history File links Antoninianus-Quietus-RIC_0009. ... Image File history File links Antoninianus-Quietus-RIC_0009. ... Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band which puts emphasis on the use of operatic elements, and death grunts, also performing some song passages in the Latin language. ... Quietus (Silent Reverie) is the 5th single released by the Dutch symphonic metalband Epica. ... Events Births Deaths Mussius Aemilianus, Roman Emperor Categories: 261 ... Usurpers were a common feature of the late Roman Empire, especially from the so-called crisis of the third century onwards, when political instability became the rule. ...

Quietus was the son of Fulvius Macrianus and a noblewoman, probably named Iulia. He gained the imperial office with his brother Macrianus Minor after the death of emperor Valerian in 260. The support of his father and the influence of Ballista, praefect of the late emperor Valerian, proved instrumental in his promotion. Fulvius Macrianus (died 261), also known as Macrianus Major to distinguish him from his son Macrianus Minor, was disqualified from the imperial office because of his lameness, but with support from Ballista, Roman emperor Valerians praefect, he had his two sons Macrianus Minor and Quietus elevated to the throne. ... Roman emperor Titus Fulvius Iunius Macrianus (died 261), also known as Macrianus Minor to distinguish him from his father, was the son of Fulvius Macrianus. ... Valerian on a coin celebrating goddess Fortuna, associated with health and wealth. ... Events Valerian I captured by the Persian king Shapur I; Gallienus becomes sole Roman emperor. ... The ballista (Latin, from Greek ballistēs, from ballein to throw, plural ballistae) is a powerful ancient weapon, similar to a giant crossbow, which eject heavy darts or spherical stone projectiles of various sizes. ... The word prefect can refer to any of a number of types of official, including: in Latin, praefectus: a high-ranking military or civil official in the Roman Empire; the title now attaches to the heads of some departments of the Roman Curia, who are traditionally Cardinals, and if they... Valerian on a coin celebrating goddess Fortuna, associated with health and wealth. ...

Quietus and Ballista stayed in the east, while his brother and father marched their army to Europe to seize control of the Roman empire. After the defeat of his brother and father in Thrace in 261, he fled to the city of Emesa, where he was killed by Odaenathus of Palmyra. For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... Thrace (Greek Θρᾴκη, ThrákÄ“, Bulgarian Тракия, Trakija, Turkish Trakya; Latin: Thracia or Threcia) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe spread over southern Bulgaria, northeastern Greece (Western Thrace), and European Turkey. ... Emesa was an ancient city on the Orontes River in Syria. ... Septimius Odaenathus, or Odenatus (Greek: (Hodainathos), Palmyrene אחינל = little ear), the Latinized form of Odainath, was a famous prince of Palmyra, in the second half of the 3rd century AD, who succeeded in recovering the Roman East from the Persians and restoring it to the Empire. ... Palmyra was the name of an ancient city in Syria, now called Tadmor. ...

Quietus is also a famous online, barret-whoring asexual often called "Qmang".

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