Editing Quintillus (section)

{{short description|Roman emperor in 270}}
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| image        = Aureus Quintillus (obverse).jpg
| image_size   = 250px
| alt          = Golden coin depicting man with diadem facing right
| caption      = [[Aureus]] depicting Quintillus. Inscription reads {{abbreviation|IMP|IMPERATOR}} {{abbreviation|C|CAESAR}} {{abbreviation|M|MARCVS}} {{abbreviation|AVR|AVRELIVS}} QVINTILLVS {{abbreviation|AVG|AVGVSTVS}}
| succession   = [[Roman emperor]]
| reign        = 270 (17–77 days)
| predecessor  = [[Claudius Gothicus]]
| successor    = [[Aurelian]]
| birth_date   = 
| birth_place  = [[Sirmium]], [[Pannonia Inferior]] ([[Sremska Mitrovica]], [[Serbia]])
| death_date   = 270
| death_place  = [[Aquileia]], [[Roman Italy|Italy]]
| burial_place = 
| issue        = 2 sons
| full name    = Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus
| regnal name  = Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus Augustus<ref>{{cite book |last=Cooley |year=2012 |first=Alison E. |title=The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy|page=500|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-84026-2 |url={{googlebooks|VlghAwAAQBAJ|plainurl=y}} |author-link=Alison E. Cooley }}</ref>
}}
'''Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus''' (died 270) was a short-lived [[Roman emperor]]. He took power after the death of his brother, Emperor [[Claudius Gothicus]], in 270. After reigning for a few weeks Quintillus was overthrown by [[Aurelian]], who had been proclaimed rival emperor by the [[Roman legion|legions]] he commanded. The ancient sources variously report him to have killed himself, to have fallen in battle against Aurelian, or to have been murdered by his own soldiers.