# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bonosus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:18:41.919Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bonosus"
name: "Bonosus"
slug: "bonosus"
description: "Bonosus was a late 3rd-century Roman usurper. He was born in Hispania to a British father and Gallic mother. His father—a rhetorician and \"teacher of letters\"—died when Bonosus was still young but the boy's mother gave him a decent education. He had a distinguished military career with an excellent service record. He rose successively through the ranks and tribuneships but, while he was stationed in charge of the Rhenish fleet c. 280, the Germans managed to set it on fire. Fearful of the consequences, he proclaimed himself Roman emperor at Colonia Agrippina (Cologne) jointly with Proculus. After a protracted struggle, he was defeated by Marcus Aurelius Probus and hanged himself rather than face capture."
tagline: "Usurper of the Roman Empire (died 280)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bonosus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "300"
deathDate: "281"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.22
  momentum:             0.2912621359223301
  historical:           17.74478133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonosus"
    title: "Bonosus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "بونوسيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "بونوسوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81"
    title: "Бонос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon%C3%B3s"
    title: "Bonós"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonosus_(Usurpator)"
    title: "Bonosus (Usurpator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82_(%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%82)"
    title: "Βώνοσος (σφετεριστής)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonosus_(usurper)"
    title: "Bonosus (usurper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonoso"
    title: "Bonoso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "بونوسوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonosus"
    title: "Bonosus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonosus"
    title: "Bonosus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "בונוסוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonos"
    title: "Bonos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonosus_(tr%C3%B3nbitorl%C3%B3)"
    title: "Bonosus (trónbitorló)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaio_Quinto_Bonoso"
    title: "Gaio Quinto Bonoso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonosus"
    title: "Bonosus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonosus_(uzurpator)"
    title: "Bonosus (uzurpator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonoso_(usurpador)"
    title: "Bonoso (usurpador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B7_(%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonos"
    title: "Bonos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81"
    title: "Бонос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437760"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump