Decius

married to: Herennia Etruscilla
children: Quintus Herennius Decius ; Gaius Valens Hostilianus

Decius: emperor of the Roman world (r. 249-251).

Names:

±195: Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Valerianus
June 249: Imperator Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Valerianus
September 249: Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius Augustus
June 251: killed in action

Successor of: Philippus Arabs

Relatives:

±195 Born in Budalia near Sirmium
Consul before 232
c.230 Marriage to Herennia Etruscilla
c.232 Propraetor of Moesia
c.235 Propraetor of Germania Inferior
c.237 Propraetor of Hispania Tarraconensis
Praefectus urbi
Propraetor of both Moesian and both Pannonian provinces
249 Proclaimed emperor; defeats Philippus Arabs near Verona; major persecution of the Christians
250 Consul II (with Vettius Gratus); Visigoths in Thrace; a local Roman commander named Priscus proclaimed emperor; Decius fights against the Visigoths, and kills Priscus; Decius accepts titles Dacicus maximus and Germanicus maximus; in the meantime in Rome a brief insurrection by a man named Julius Valens Licinianus
251 Consul III (with his son Quintus Herennius Decius); death, together with Herennius, in a battle on the Danube
Decius is succeeded by his youngest son Hostilian, while the army proclaims Trebonianus Gallus; civil war is averted when Hostilian succumbs to the plague

Buildings: Baths of Decius

Succeeded by: Hostilianus; Trebonianus Gallus