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▪ I. usurper, n. (juːˈzɜːpə(r)) Also 5 usurpur, 6 Sc. -ar. [a. OF. usurpeur (1321), or f. usurp v. + -er1. Cf. usurpor, and Pr. usurpaire.] 1. One who usurps a crown or throne; one who seizes or arrogates supreme power or authority without right or just cause. In frequent use from c 1700.1414 Earl o...
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Usurper
A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. See also
Embezzlement
Misappropriation
Roman usurper
List of usurpers
Coup d'état
Further reading
References
Positions of authority
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Usurper (disambiguation)
A usurper is a person who makes an illegitimate or controversial claim to power. Usurp, usurper, or usurpation may also refer to:
Literature
Conan the Usurper, a 1967 collection of fantasy stories
Usurper!
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Leontius (usurper)
the empress dowager Verina, who then sent a letter to the Governors of the Diocese of the East and of the Diocese of Egypt suggesting they accept the usurper
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Censorinus (usurper)
Appius Claudius Censorinus was a fictitious usurper against Roman Emperor Claudius II, (in ca AD 269) according to the unreliable Historia Augusta.
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Marcus (usurper)
Marcus (d. 406) was a Roman usurper who was proclaimed Emperor of Roman Britain. He was killed later that same year in a subsequent mutiny. rebellion, all that is known of Marcus' brief reign is that he did not please the army and was soon killed by them and replaced by another short-lived usurper
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Poemenius (usurper)
Poemenius (died c. 355) was a Roman officer who seized control of Trier in 353 in support of Constantius II and in opposition to the usurper Magnentius
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Magnus (usurper)
Gaius Petronius Magnus (died 235 AD) was a senator of consular rank and a Roman usurper.
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Valentinus (usurper)
Valentinus ( or ; died 644 or 645), sometimes anglicized as Valentine, was a Byzantine usurper of probable Armenian extraction, who served under emperor
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Procopius (usurper)
Procopius (Ancient Greek: Προκόπιος) (c. 325/326 – 27 May 366 AD) was a Roman usurper against Valens. Though Valens initially despaired of subduing the rebellion, and was inclined to come to terms with the usurper, he quickly rallied, guided by the counsels
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Marcellus (usurper)
Marcellus (Greek: Μάρκελλος; died 366) was an officer of the Roman Empire, supporter of usurper Procopius and briefly an usurper himself.
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Urbanus (usurper)
Urbanus was a Roman usurper.
History
Urbanus declared himself emperor in either 271 or 272 AD, during the reign of Aurelian.
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Peter (usurper)
Peter () was a Roman usurper of the early sixth century AD, recorded in two minor sources: the Consularia Caesaraugustana and the Victoris Tunnunnensis He was a "tyrant" (meaning usurper) against the Visigothic rulers of Spain.
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Gratian (usurper)
February 407) was a Roman usurper in Roman Britain from 406-407. Career
After the murder of the usurper Marcus, Gratian was proclaimed emperor by the army in Britain in late 406, probably around October.
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