Seleucus (Roman usurper)

Seleucus ( † after 221) was a Roman usurper under the reign of Elagabalus. About him and his policies, very little is known.

Seleucus tried to 221, to seize power in the Roman Empire. His exact identity is disputed. Either he was the then governor of the province Niedermösien, Julius Antonius Seleucus, or the consul of 221, Marcus Flavius ​​Vitellius Seleucus. Regardless of who now wanted to take the power of two, it's him failed, despite the directed against the reigning emperor Elagabalus mood of those days.

Polemius Silvius, a historian of the 5th century, called Seleucus next Uranius, Seius Sallustius and Taurinus as a usurper under Elagabalus. His remarks, however, can not give any information about the exact identity of Seleucus. Even a confusion with Seius Sallustius, the father of Elagabal successor Alexander Severus, is possible.