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M. F. Ru. Iotapianus was an usurper in the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire during the reign of Philip the Arab, probably ca. 248 AD.
He first appears in a rebellion raised against taxation improved by the governor C. Iulius Priscus, who was Philip's brother. The rebellion soon came to an end, and Iotapianus was killed by his own soldiers.
Iotapianus is known from coins and from accounts in Aurelius Victor, Zosimus, and Polemius Silvius.
