Florianus Orestes Iucundus
King Florianus Orestes I of Cospania | |
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| Birth name | Florianus Orestes Iucundus |
| Born | Unknown Romanyan Empire |
| Died | 287 AD Cispaltania, Romanyan Province of Cospania |
| Allegiance |  Romanyan Empire (Until 264 AD)
The Kingdom of Cospania (After 264 AD) |
Florianus Orestes I of Cospania was the last Romanyan Governor of the Province of Cospania and the first King of Cospania.
Biography
Born Florianus Orestes Iucundus, he was the last governor of the Romanyan Province of Cospania. He succeeded Felix Caecillius Anthropax as Governor of Cospania Province. During the rule of his predecessor, the Romanyan Army withdrew from the province. Initially, Florianus Orestes ruled the province as a governor under the suzerainty of the Romanyan Empire, but in the year of 264 AD, he exercised a self coup by raising an army and declaring himself the first King of Cospania, taking the title Florianus Orestes I, King of Cospania.
The Romanyan Empire during this time was beleaguered by continual attacks from Islamic invaders, and so they were neither interested in nor capable of responding to the self coup and declared independence. Structurally, not much changed from the Imperial government to new Royal government. He reigned until the year 287 AD, when he died and was succeeded by his magister militum Gaius Locum Aurelius. He had one son, Florianus Orestes Anthropode, who later took the throne under the title Florianus Orestes II of Cospania.
