- Calocaerus
Calocaerus (died 334) was a
Roman usurper against EmperorConstantine I .Calocaerus was "Magister pecoris camelorum" ("Lord of the sheeps and camels") in
Cyprus . In 333-334 he revolted, proclaiming himself Emperor. Constantine sentFlavius Dalmatius to quell the rebellion, and Calocaerus was defeated, and afterwards brought to Tarsus inCilicia , where he was tried and executed.References
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Arnold Hugh Martin Jones , J. (EDT) Morris, J. R. (John Robert) Martindale, "The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire ", Cambridge University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-521-07233-6.
* [http://www.roman-emperors.org/calocaer.htm DiMaio, Michael, "Calocaerus (333/334 A.D.)", "De Imperatoribus Romanis"]
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