This emperor offered to resign after a revolt by Jotapian and the naming of the rival emperor Pacatianus in Moesia, but the city prefect delivered a speech in front of the Senate convincing him to stay in power.
This emperor offered to resign after a revolt by Jotapian and the naming of the rival emperor Pacatianus in Moesia, but the city prefect delivered a speech in front of the Senate convincing him to stay in power. He named his brother Gaius Julius Priscus as ruler of the eastern provinces, after negotiating a peace with Shapur I in which he agreed to pay a massive indemnity to the Persians. He commissioned the historian Asinius Quadratus to write his History of a Thousand Years, as part of the lavish games he arranged for the millennial anniversary of Rome. According to Eusebius of Caesarea, he asked to participate in a prayer service on Easter, making himperhaps the first Christian emperor, but he was made to do penance, possibly for killing his predecessor Gordian III. After ruling for five years, this emperor was overthrown by Decius in249 AD. For 10 points, name this emperor whose epithet indicates the Roman province that he hailed from.
This emperor offered to resign after a revolt by Jotapian and the naming of the rival emperor Pacatianus in Moesia, but the city prefect delivered a speech in front of the Senate convincing him to stay in power.
Philip the Arab [or Marcus Julius  Philippus Augustus; prompt on Philip]