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For other uses see Proculus (disambiguation)Proculus (died c. 281) was a Roman usurper one of the minor pretenders according to Historia Augusta; he took the purple against Emperor Probus in 280.Probably Proculus had family connection with the Franks to whom he turned in vain when his bid for imperial power was failing. He was a native of Albingaunum (modern Albenga in Liguria). Though he was accounted a noble his ancestors had been brigands and were the source of his vast wealth.
