Herennius Etruscus

Herennius Etruscus (249-151 CE) was co-Emperor with his father Decius and his brother Hostilian.

1. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

NAME:
- Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius
HERRENIUS ETRUSCUS’S DATES OF REIGN AS EMPEROR:
- 249-251 CE with his father Decius.
DATE OF BIRTH AND DEATH:
- Born: 227 CE. Died: 251 CE. Aged 24.
PLACE OF BIRTH AND DEATH:
- Born near Sirmium. Died in the Battle of Abritus, Moesia Inferior with his father Decius.
HERRENIUS ETRUSCUS’ PREDECESSOR:
- Philip the Arab
HERRENIUS ETRUSCUS’ SUCCESSOR:
- Trebonianus Gallus and Hostilian who was his brother.
HEIR TO THE THRONE BECAUSE:
- His father Decius named him co-emperor with his brother Hostilian.
DIED PEACEFULLY OR WAS HE ASSASSINATED:
- He died with his father, Decius, in the Battle of Abrittus, against the Goths.
WHERE BURIED:
- Uncertain.
HERRENIUS ETRUSCUS WAS FAMOUS BECAUSE:
- He was one of the ten Illyrian Emperors.

Herrenius Etruscus was the son of the Emperor Decius, and became co-emperor with his brother Hostilian, in 249 CE.
Decius was the first of the Illyrian Emperors, and Hostilian also became one of the ten.
In 251 CE, he died alongside his father, Decius, in the Battle of Abritus in Moesia Inferior, against the Goths.
He was only co-emperor for two years.