Decius
Decius, dee'sbe-us, [Fr. Dece, dis,] (Caius Messius
Quintus TrajanusJ a Roman emperor, born in Pannonia
about 200 a.d. He was Governor of Mcesia, under
Philip, when his army proclaimed him emperor. A
battle follower! between the two rivals, in which Philip
was defeated and killed, 249 a.d. Decius persecuted the
Christians with great cruelty. In a b...
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Gaius Messius Quintus Traiānus. A native of Pannonia, sent by the emperor Philip to put down a sedition in Moesia.
Instead of obeying his master's command, he assumed the imperial purple. His disaffected troops, it is said, forced
him to this step. The emperor immediately marched against him, and a battle was fought near Verona, which terminated ...
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Gaius Messius Quintus Decius (ca. 201- June 251) was Roman Emperor from 249 to 251. In the last year of his reign, he co-
ruled with his son Herennius Etruscus until both of them were killed in the Battle of Abrittus.
Early life and rise to power -
Decius, who was born at Budalia, now Martinci, Serbia near Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica), in Lower Pa...
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