Ruricius_Pompeianus

Ruricius Pompeianus

Ruricius Pompeianus

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Ruricius Pompeianus (died 312 in Verona) was Praetorian prefect and Commander of cavalry and infantry under Maxentius, Western Roman Emperor.[1] While guarding the Adige and Po Rivers with the ample and well-directed forces of the province of Venetia,[2][unreliable source?] Pompeianus was killed by Constantine I's troops during the desperately fought Battle of Verona (312).

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For the Gallo-Roman aristocrat and bishop of Limoges (485 – c. 510), see Ruricius I.

Pompeianus is mentioned only briefly in two accounts of Constantine's campaign against Maxentius. In a panegyric from the year 313, he is called "Pompeianus". In the second source, also one of the Panegyrici Latini, by Nazarius, his name is given as "Ruricius". As it is clearly the same person, the conflict is usually resolved by combining the names into "Ruricius Pompeianus".[1]

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  1. [1]
    Jones, A.H.M.; J. R. Martindale; J. Morris (1971). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 713. ISBN 978-0-521-07233-5.
  2. [2]
    Gibbon, Edward. The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire. Retrieved 2008-07-21. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)


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