Vetranio
Ve-tra'ni-o, a Roman general, who was persuaded
by his troops to assume the title of emperor in 350 a.d.
About the end of that year he abdicated in favour of
Constantius. Died in 356....
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A Greek bucolic poet, who flourished in the second half of the second century B.C. He lived mostly in Sicily, where he is said to have died by poison. Besides a number of minor poems from his hand, we have a long descriptive epic called The Dirge of Adonis. His style is more remarkable for grace than for power or simplicity.
A native of Borysthene...
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Vetranio (d. c. 360), born in the province of Moesia in a part
of the region located in modern Serbia, is sometimes but
apparently incorrectly referred to as Vetriano. He was an
experienced soldier and officer when he was asked by
Constantina, the sister of Roman Emperor Constantius II, to
proclaim himself Caesar (March 1, 350). Her brother Co...
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A Roman who commanded the legions in Illyria and Pannonia in
A.D. 350, when Constans was treacherously destroyed, and was
proclaimed emperor by his troops; but at the end of ten months
resigned in favour of Constantius (Amm. Marcell. xv. 1; xxi.
8)....
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