Ruler · 235 – 251

Hostilian

Lived 235 – 251; ruler. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 251; also in the line of Roman Empire.

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Lived: 235 – 251; 16 years
Lines: 2; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 801st of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

797 before

Trebonianus Gallus251 – 253

Volusianus251 – 253

Herennius Etruscus251

Hostilian251

Gallienus253 – 268

Aemilianus253

Valerian253 – 260

41 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 251 · under a year · came to it aged 21

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; natural causes; plague

Also in the line of Roman Empire (39th of 79).

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