Notable for his principled opposition to the emperor Nero and his interest in stoicism, he was the husband of Arria the daughter of A. Caecina Paetus and the elder Arria, father-in-law of Helvidius Priscus, and a friend and relative by marriage of the poet Persius.

* Priscus of Epirus, 4th century Neoplatonist philosopher and friend of the emperor Julian

Ancus Marcius was succeeded by Lucius Tarquinius Priscus who was killed by the sons of Ancus Marcius.

Decius was forced to withdraw his army to the north at Oescus, leaving Cniva ample time to ravage Moesia and finally capture Philippopolis in the summer of 251, in part with the help of its commander, a certain Titus Julius Priscus who had proclaimed himself Emperor.

Unhappy with Marcellus ' strictness, they tried to elect a legate named Priscus as usurper governor ; he refused, but Marcellus was lucky to leave the province alive.

Priscus stated that one of the nations in the Hunnish confederacy was called Akatziroi.

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, also called Tarquin the Elder or Tarquin I, was the legendary fifth King of Rome from 616 BC to 579 BC.

Livy claims that his original Etruscan name was Lucumo, but since Lucumo ( Etruscan Lucius ) is the Etruscan word for " King ", there is reason to believe that Priscus ' name and title have been confused in the official tradition.

Tarquin's father, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, was the fifth King of Rome, reigning 616-579 BC.

Superbus was not the immediate successor of his father Priscus, since Servius Tullius took the throne on Priscus ' death.

Tarquin's mother, Queen Tanaquil, had aided in the selection of Servius Tullius as heir to the Roman throne when Lucius Tarquinius Priscus was assassinated by the sons of the previous king, Ancus Marcius, in 579 BC.

By kinship he was a Tarquin on his mother's side, the son of Tarquinia, daughter of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the third king before last.

Nothing is known of his early history except that his father's name was Priscus.

Tarquinius Priscus was the fifth king of Rome and the first of Etruscan birth.

He was the son of Priscus and the son-in-law of Servius.

Roman and Greek sources describe his servile origins and later marriage to a daughter of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Rome's first Etruscan king, who was assassinated in 579 BC.

The first book sketches briefly the history of the early Roman emperors from Augustus to Diocletian ( 305 ); the second, third and fourth deal more fully with the period from the accession of Constantius Chlorus and Galerius to the death of Theodosius I ; the fifth and sixth, the most useful for historians, cover the period between 395 and 410, when Priscus Attalus was deposed ; for this period, he is the most important surviving non-ecclesiastical source.

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scipio and Priscus ( or, less frequently, year 902 Ab urbe condita ).

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Quintillus and Priscus ( or, less frequently, year 912 Ab urbe condita ).

The building was supposedly begun by king Tarquinius Priscus, completed by the last king ( Tarquinius Superbus ) and inaugurated in the early days of the Roman Republic ( September 13, 509 BC ).

Later, he was a well-known prosecutor and defender at the trials of a series of provincial governors, including Baebius Massa, governor of Baetica, Marius Priscus, the governor of Africa, Gaius Caecilius Classicus, governor of Baetica and most ironically in light of his later appointment to this province, Gaius Julius Bassus and Varenus Rufus, both governors of Bithynia-Pontus.

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Priscus ( or, less frequently, year 259 Ab urbe condita ).

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Saccus, Capitolinus, Esquilinus, Augurinus, Capitolinus and Priscus ( or, less frequently, year 358 Ab urbe condita ).

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Augurinus, Longus, Priscus, Cicurinus, Rufus and Philo ( or, less frequently, year 355 Ab urbe condita ).

According to the Liber Pontificalis, he was a Roman, and his father's name was Priscus.

Due to Priscus ' friendship with Seneca, Nero exiled him.

In 414, Constantius attacked Ataulf, who proclaimed Priscus Attalus emperor again.

Our only lengthy first-hand report of conditions among the Huns is by Priscus, who formed part of an embassy to Attila.

Priscus reports that superstitious fear of the fate of Alaric — who died shortly after sacking Rome in 410 — gave him pause.

Upon the death of Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius Priscus addressed the Comitia Curiata and convinced them that he should be elected king over Marcius ' natural sons, who were still only in their teenage years.

He negotiates with king Alaric I, who ceremonially deposes Priscus Attalus as co-emperor.

* Priscus Attalus is twice proclaimed rival emperor by the Visigoths at Bordeaux, in order to impose their terms on Honorius who has his residence in Ravenna.

In 594 Maurice replaced Priscus with his rather inexperienced brother Peter, who despite initial failures, nonetheless scored another victory in Wallachia.

In response, Ataulf appointed as emperor Priscus Attalus, who had already been a usurper against Honorius in 410.

The forces that advanced on Osroene were led by M. Claudius Fronto, an Asian provincial of Greek descent who had led I Minervia in Armenia under Priscus.

Philip ’ s rise to prominence began through the intervention of his brother Priscus, who was an important official under the emperor Gordian III.

Taking the advice of Priscus Attalus — the former emperor whom Alaric had set up at Rome in opposition to Honorius at Ravenna, and who had remained with the Visigoths after he'd been deposed — Ataulf led his followers out of Italy.

Priscus Attalus was a Greek from Asia whose father had moved to Italy under Valentinian I. Attalus was an important senator in Rome, who served as praefectus urbi in 409.

An old theory of 19th century writers ( Latham, V. St. Martin, Rambaud, Newman ) which, according to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, is based on ' less convincing proof ', suggested an identification of the Agathyrsi with the later Agatziri or Akatziroi first mentioned by Priscus in Vol XI, 823, Byzantine History, who described them leading a nomadic life on the Lower Volga, and reported them as having been Hunnic subjects before the time of Attila.

Jordanes, who quotes Priscus in Getica, located the Acatziri to the south of the Aesti ( Balts ) — roughly the same region as the Agathyrsi of Transylvania — and he described them as " a very brave tribe ignorant of agriculture, who subsist on their flocks and by hunting.

The earliest mention of the Avars in Caucas, in European history, is from Priscus, who declared in 463 AD that a mixed Saragur, Urog and Unogur embassy asked Byzantium for an alliance, having been dislodged by Sabirs in 461 due to the Avars ' drive towards the west.

Priscus then installed on the throne of Armenia, Sohaemus ( who was under the protection of Rome ), and rebuilt the city of Valarshapat.

Priscus reports that superstitious fear of the fate of Alaric — who died shortly after sacking Rome in 410 — gave him pause.

Priscus was born a slave from Gaul, unlike Verus who was born free, and is known mainly for his battle with Priscus.

The Maeotian Akatziroi were ruled by a king called Karadach or Karidachus, and appear in the account of Priscus who suggested that the name refers to the Thraco-Dacian tribe of the Agathyrsi.