Taurinus

Taurinus was a Roman Emperor counter. Well by 231 he rebelled against Emperor Severus Alexander.

Very little is known about taurinus. Narrated 's just that he - was raised to the Emperor, and that he lunged " fear " in the Euphrates River and drowned - apparently in the east of the Roman Empire. Only two sources, both of which resulted only in late antiquity, it is mentioned: the Epitome de Caesaribus and Laterculus of Polemius Silvius. Polemius puts his rebellion mistake in the reign of Emperor Elagabalus.

In the army at that time there was a defiant mood and inclination to mutiny, Severus Alexander decreed the soldiers hardly authority. This situation favored the rebellion of taurinus. The specific occasion of his elevation to the anti-emperor is unknown. Most likely there was a connection between this process, the Sassanid offensive and the Roman counter-offensive in the Roman -Persian war of 230/231-232.

In the research, the possibility is considered that the name taurinus is a misspelling of " Uranius "; according to this hypothesis taurinus is equated with the Uranius, who is mentioned as a counter against Emperor Severus Alexander in Polemius Silvius, Zosimus and Georgios Synkellos. Uranius was raised in Edessa, which would fit geographically to death in the Euphrates. However Polemius Silvius clearly distinguishes between Uranius and taurinus, which argues against equating.