Urbanus (Roman usurper)

Urbanus († 272 ) was one of the numerous usurpers ( Gegenkaiser ) during the imperial crisis in the Roman Empire of the 3rd century AD

According to the report of a historical source, the historian Zosimus ( New History 1,49,2 ), he rose about 271/272 to the emperor. Around the same time, in the kingdom was threatened by heavy fighting against the Vandals, Sarmatians and Juthungen, also occurred more usurpers on ( Domitian, Septimius ). Urbanus but was quickly killed by the troops of Emperor Aurelian established. Modern research does not rule out that the rebellion of the Urbanus is only an invention.