Urbanus 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 ...

History

Urbanus declared himself emperor in either 271 or 272 AD, during the reign of

Aurelian Aurelian (; ; 9 September ) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 270 to 275 AD during the Crisis of the Third Century. As emperor, he won an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited the Roman Empire after it had nearly disinte ...

. He likely staged his revolt in

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. He was quickly defeated. He is possibly fictional.

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* "Urbanus", s.v
"Aurelian"
''De Imperatoribus Romanis'' site {{DEFAULTSORT:Urbanus 271 deaths 3rd-century Roman usurpers Ancient Romans from unknown gentes Year of birth unknown People from the Roman Empire whose existence is disputed