Peter (usurper)

Peter ( † 506 in Tortosa ) was a late ancient Roman usurper in Visigothic Spain in the early 6th century. In the Consularia Caesaraugustana and at Victor of Tunnuna he is mentioned as tyrannus. In contemporary political parlance and given the nature of the sources, this can only mean that Peter against Alaric II - has claimed imperial dignities and authority - and indirectly against Anastasius I, who was regarded as the nominal overlord of the Visigoth kings also. When the Visigoths took Tortosa 506, Peter was captured and executed, sent his head as a trophy to Zaragoza. Peter was obviously after Burdunellus the second novels, who wanted to establish itself after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the Ebro Valley as a ruler.