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Hostilian
37th Emperor of the Roman Empire
Years: 230 - 251
Hostilian (Latin: Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus Augustus; 230?
– 251) is Roman emperor in 251.
Hostilian was born in Sirmium (now Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) in Illyricum sometime after 230, as the son of the future emperor Decius by his wife Herennia Cupressenia Etruscilla.
He is the younger brother of emperor Herennius Etruscus.
