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- Latin in full:
- Marcus Annius Florianus
- Born:
- Aug. 19, 232
- Died:
- Sept. 9, 276 (aged 44)
- Title / Office:
- emperor (276-276), Roman Empire
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Florian
Roman emperor
Also known as: Marcus Annius Florianus
Florian (born Aug. 19, 232—died Sept. 9, 276) was a Roman emperor from June to September 276. The brother, by a different father, of the emperor Tacitus, he at once seized power on the death of his brother. Although his action was tolerated by the Senate and the armies of the West, the legions in Syria promoted their own general, Probus. A civil war broke out but ended in the sudden death of Florian, either at the hands of his own soldiers or by suicide.
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