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Usurper
Usurper U*surp"er, n.
One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on
sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of
the rights of a patron.
A crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not
usurpers, if their power serves them, to possess it.
--South.
Meaning of Usurper 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...
- 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...
- Gallienus, who was
Egyptian and
brother of Theodotus.
Celsus –
fictitious usurper of Africa.
Allegedly proclaimed emperor by
Vibius P****ienus, proconsul...
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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...
- the
usurper had to be a
charismatic man to
avoid doubts in his
ranks and an
untimely death.
Valerian I, who
defeated Aemili****,
himself a
usurper, is...
-
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...
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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...
- A Song of Ice and Fire is a
series of high
fantasy novels by the
American author George R. R. Martin. He
began writing the
first volume, A Game of Thrones...
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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...
- true queen,
after which the
usurper queen lays eggs then
exploits the host
workers (thus, no
workers exist within the
usurper species) to feed her and her...
