Marcus F. Ru. Jotapianus (d. c. 249) or Jotapian he was also known as Iotapianus or Iotapian. Jotapianus was an usurper in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire during the reign of Emperor Philip the Arab around 249. Jotapianus is known from his rare coins and from accounts in Aurelius Victor (Caesares xxix.2) Zosimus (i.20.2 and i.21.2) and Polemius Silvius (Laterculus).
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