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Eugenius (303/304 A.D.)

Michael DiMaio, Jr.

Salve Regina University

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Eugenius was a tribune of 500 soldiers that were stationed in Seleucia. In 303/4 the soldiers raised him to the purple and marched on Antioch. In the ensuing battle, Eugenius died.

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