Decius (disambiguation)

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Decius may be:

[edit] Ancient

• the Roman gens name Decius, held by members of the gens Decia
  • Publius Decius Mus (340 BC), son of Quintus, consul in 340 BC, fought the Battle of Vesuvius.
  • Publius Decius Mus (312 BC), son of Publius, consul in 312 BC, 308 BC, 297 BC, and 295 BC, fought the Battle of Sentinum.
  • Publius Decius Mus (279 BC), son of Publius, consul in 279 BC, fought in the Battle of Asculum.
• the Roman praenomen Decius, held by:
  • Decimus Laelius Balbus, consul of 6 BC
  • Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus, co-emperor from April 22, 238 to July 29, 238
  • Decius (emperor), Roman emperor 249-251
• other ancients with this name:
  • Decius (Exarch), first Exarch of Ravenna (584-585)

[edit] Modern

• Decius Wadsworth, a Colonel in the Ordnance Corps of the United States Army who, in 1817, created Wadsworth's cipher
• Decius Wade, 1835-1905, American judge
• Filippo Decio (1454–1535), Italian jurist
• Tom Cross (computer security), the American technology expert who works under the pseudonym Decius, from Decius Wadsworth
• Decius Metellus, fictional Roman detective in the SPQR series