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Usurpation
Usurpation U`sur*pa"tion, n. [L. usurpatio ? making use,
usurpation: cf. F. usurpation.]
1. The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an
authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power,
especially an infringing on the rights of others;
specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; --
commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the
usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme
power.
Meaning of Usurpations from wikipedia
- A
usurper is an
illegitimate or
controversial claimant to power,
often but not
always in a monarchy. In
other words, one who
takes the
power of a country...
- of
usurpations demonstrated that some are
questionable or even fictitious.
Gallienus was the
emperor who
suffered greatest number of
usurpations, with...
- A
usurper is a
person who
makes an
illegitimate or
controversial claim to power. Look up
usurper,
usurp, or
usurpation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...
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Septimius (or Septiminus) was a
Roman usurper who was
proclaimed Emperor in
either 271 or 272 AD,
under the
reign of Aurelian.
Septimius declared himself...
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Search for "
usurper king" or "
usurper queen" on Wikipedia. The
following is a list of
usurpers –
illegitimate or
controversial claimants to the throne...
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Roman usurpers compiled by the author(s) of the
Historia Augusta.
According to Historia, this
Valens was the
uncle or great-uncle of
another usurper, Valens...
- Nest
usurpation is when the
queen of one
species of
eusocial insects takes over the
colony of
another species.
Cuckoo bumblebees (Psithyrus) and cuckoo...
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Appius Claudius Censorinus was a
fictitious usurper against Roman Emperor Claudius II, (in ca AD 269)
according to the
unreliable Historia Augusta. He...
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following is a list of
usurpers in the
Roman Empire. For an
overview of the
problem and
consequences of
usurpation, see
Roman usurpers. In the
Eastern Roman...
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Peter (Latin: Petrus) was a
Roman usurper of the
early sixth century AD,
recorded in two
minor sources: the
Consularia Caesaraugustana and the Victoris...
