HerenniusEtruscus was the son of Trajan Decius and older brother of Hostilian.
Herennius died with his father in the Battle of Abrittus, after he was hit by an arrow; they were the first two emperors to be killed by a foreign army in battle.
Though the army proclaimed Trebonianus Gallus emperor, Herennius was succeeded by Hostilian.
Herennius was born in Pannonia, during one of his father's military postings.
Herennius was very close to his father and accompanied him in 248, as a military tribune, when Decius was appointed by Philip the Arab to deal with the revolt of Pacatianus in the Danube frontier.
Herennius and Decius were the first two emperors to be killed by a foreign army in battle.
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Herennius was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Pannonia) Pannonia, during one of his father's military postings.
From the beginning of Herennius' accession, (One of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries) Gothic tribes raided across the Danube frontier and the provinces of (Click link for more info and facts about Moesia) Moesia and (Click link for more info and facts about Dacia) Dacia.
Moreover, Herennius was chosen to be one of the year's (A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country) consuls.
He was the younger brother of emperor HerenniusEtruscus.
In the beginning of 251, Decius elevated his son Herennius to co-emperor and Hostilian succeeded him in the title of princeps iuventutis (prince of youth).
The campaign proved to be a disaster: both Herennius and Decius died in the Battle of Abrittus and became the first two emperors to be killed by a foreign army in battle.
Before leaving he also proclaimed his HerenniusEtruscus Caesar (junior emperor), assuring an heir was in place, should he fall whilst campaigning.
In celebration of this event his son Herennius was now elevated to Augustus, whilst his younger brother Hostilianus, who was back in Rome, was promoted to the rank of Caesar (junior emperor).
Both Decius and his son HerenniusEtruscus were killed in battle.
HerenniusEtruscus was dispatched to Moesia at the head of a Roman army, while Hostilian remained in Rome with his mother.
In July, 251Decius, along with HerenniusEtruscus and Trebonianus Gallus, blocked the retreat to their homeland of the Goths under Kniva, facing them at Abrittus in Moesia Inferior.
HerenniusEtruscus was killed very early in the battle, although the Romans seemed to be winning However, when the Romans pursued the Goths into a bog the tide of battle changed.
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In the year 251, the Battle of Abrittus took place in Razgrad and the Goths defeated a Roman army under the emperors Trajan Decius and HerenniusEtruscus.
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herennius, a young man of profligate habits, whom Augustus expelled from the army.
As Picenum was a Sabellian district, Picens may indicate a branch of the Herennia Gens settled therein.
[W. here'nnius ca'pito, was procurator of lamnia, near the coast of Palestine.
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The Battle of Abrittus (now Razgrad, Bulgaria), also known as the Battle of Forum Terebronii, occurred in 251 between the Roman legions and Goths under King Cniva.
The Romans were defeated, and the Emperor Decius and his son Herennius were both killed during battle, largely thanks to the failure of the general Trebonianus Gallus to attack aggressively.
Decius became the first Roman emperor killed in a battle with barbarians.
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In 271 Aurelian sailed east to destroy the power of Palmyra, Syria with a force of legionary detachments, Praetorian cohorts, and other cavalry units.
Cniva (flourished mid-3rd century CE) was the Gothic king who defeated and killed Decius and his older son, HerenniusEtruscus, at the Battle of Abrittus in 251.
Herennius might be Publius Herennius Dexippus historian HerenniusEtruscus Roman emperor Herennius Modestinus Roman jurist Herennius Philo Herennius Senecio Herennius (neo-Platonist) pupil of Plotinus Template:Disambig
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During his brief reign Decius was engaged in important operations against the Goths, who crossed the Danube and overran the districts of Moesia and Thrace.
The details are obscure, and there is considerable doubt as to the part taken in the campaign by Decius and his son HerenniusEtruscus.
The Goths were surprised by the emperor while besieging Nicopolis on the Danube; at his approach they crossed the Balkans, and attacked Philippopolis.
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He and his wife, Herennia Etruscilla, had two sons, HerenniusEtruscus and Hostilian.
While doing the latter he and HerenniusEtruscus were killed at Abrittus in July, 251.
He was the first Emperor to die at the hands of foreign enemies.
Trajan Decius, Herrenia Etruscilla, Herrenius Etruscus, and Hostilian 249-251 A.D. Print photo with...
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Rx: PRINCIPI IVVENTUTISS - C. Etruscus standing left holding baton and spear.