Seleucus (fl. c. 221) was a

Roman usurper Roman usurpers were individuals or groups of individuals who obtained or tried to obtain power by force and without legitimate legal authority. Usurpation was endemic during the Roman imperial era, especially from the crisis of the third centu ...

. Seleucus was, according to the 5th-century historian Polemius Silvius, a usurper against Emperor

Elagabalus Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, 204 – 13 March 222), better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus ( ) and Heliogabalus ( ), was Roman emperor from 218 to 222, while he was still a teenager. His short r ...

. His identity is not known: he could be Julius Antonius Seleucus, governor in

Moesia Moesia (; Latin: ''Moesia''; ) was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans south of the Danube River. As a Roman domain Moesia was administered at first by the governor of Noricum as 'Civitates of Moesia and Triballi ...

, or Marcus Flavius Vitellius Seleucus,

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states thro ...

for 221.

References

Peacock, Phoebe, "Seleucus", ''s.v.'' "Usurpers under Elagabalus", ''De Imperatoribus Romanis''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seleucus 220s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain 3rd-century Roman usurpers 3rd-century Roman consuls Antonius Seleucus Seleucus, Julius Flavii Vitellii