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==== Decian dynasty (249–251) ====
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|'''[[Decius]]'''<br /><small>{{Smallcaps| Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius}}</small>
|{{Circa}} September 249 – June 251<br/><small>(1 year and 9 months)</small>
|Born as ''C. Messius Q. Decius Valerinus'' in [[Sirmium]], [[Pannonia Inferior]]. [[City prefect]] in Rome and former [[Roman consul|consul]], send to the Danube to fight the usurper [[Pacatian]] and secure the border. Proclaimed emperor by the Danube troops; killed [[Philip the Arab|Philip]] at the [[Battle of Verona (249)|Battle of Verona]], later recognized the Senate, which gave him the honorific "[[Trajan]]" after the beloved emperor. Killed by the Goths at the [[Battle of Abritus]], one of the worst Roman defeats in record.{{Sfnm|1a1=Kienast|1y=2017|1pp=195–198|2a1=Peachin|2y=1990|2pp=32-33|3a1=Burgess|3y=2014|3pp=74-75|4a1=Vagi|4y=2000|4pp=335-337|5a1=Adkins|5y=2019|5p=28}}
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| style="background:#F0FFFF;" |[[Herennius Etruscus]]<br /><small>{{Smallcaps|Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius}}</small>
| style="background:#F0FFFF;" |May/June – June 251<br/><small>(less than a month, under Decius)</small>
| style="background:#F0FFFF;" |Young son of Decius, proclaimed ''caesar'' and later ''augustus'', killed with his father.{{Sfnm|1a1=Kienast|1y=2017|1pp=195–198|2a1=Peachin|2y=1990|2pp=32-33|3a1=Burgess|3y=2014|3pp=74-75|4a1=Vagi|4y=2000|4pp=335-337|5a1=Adkins|5y=2019|5p=28}}
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| style="background:#EBEBEB;" |'''''[[Licinian]]'''<br />''<small>{{Smallcaps|Julius Valens Licinianus}}</small>
| style="background:#EBEBEB;" |c. 251
| style="background:#EBEBEB;" |Biefly mentioned by [[Aurelius Victor]]; fictionalized as [[Valens (usurper)|Valens Senior]] in the ''[[Historia Augusta]]''. Defeated by the (future emperor) [[Valerian (emperor)|Valerian]].<ref>[https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/victor.caes.html ''Liber de Caesaribus'' 29.3.]</ref>{{sfn|Craven|2019|pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=VEbCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT351 VALENS I]}}{{sfn|Kienast|2017|p=199}}
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| style="background:#EBEBEB;" |''[[Titus Julius Priscus|'''Priscus''']]''<br /><small>{{Smallcaps|Titus Julius Priscus}}</small>
| style="background:#EBEBEB;" |c. 251
| style="background:#EBEBEB;" |Governor of Macedonia, proclaimed himself emperor in [[Philippopolis (Thrace)|Philippopolis]] during a siege by Goths.{{sfn|Craven|2019|pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=VEbCDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT350 PRISCUS]}}{{sfn|Kienast|2017|p=199}}
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