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Gallienus's army then won a battle in Thrace, and the emperor pursued the invaders. According to some historians, he was the leader of the army who won the great Battle of Naissus , while the majority believes that the victory must be attributed to his successor, Claudius II .
The Palmyrene prince succeeded, in fact, in inflicting notable losses on the enemy, so much so that the emperor Gallienus conferred upon him numerous honorary titles, including that of Palmyrenicus and dux Romanorum. [23] The Sasanian Empire at the time of Shapur I, ~260 AD.
Meanwhile, Roman Emperor Gallienus had been killed in a coup in 268, and his successor in the central Roman provinces, Claudius Gothicus, re-established Roman authority in Gallia Narbonensis and parts of Gallia Aquitania; there is some evidence that the provinces of Hispania, which did not recognize Postumus's successors in Gaul, may have ...
Thanks to these victorious campaigns, imperial authority in the East was restored, and Emperor Gallienus himself was able to celebrate a triumph, thanks to his "rector Orientis", Odaenathus, who shared his victories with his eldest son Hairan (Herod) and earned the honorary title of king of kings, in contrast to sasanian king Shapur I. During ...
Consequently, Gallienus left his son, Saloninus, and military commanders, including Postumus, to protect the Rhine. [12] Amid the chaos of an invasion by the Alamanni and Franks , and spurred on by news of the defeat and capture of Valerian, [ 11 ] the army in Gaul revolted and proclaimed Postumus emperor.
Accounts tell of people hearing the news of the new emperor, and reacting by murdering Gallienus's family members until Claudius declared he would respect the memory of his predecessor. Claudius had the deceased emperor deified and buried in a family tomb on the Appian Way. The traitor Aureolus was not treated with the same reverence, as he was ...
The Gallienus usurpers were the usurpers who claimed imperial power during the reign of Gallienus (253–268, the first part of which he shared with his father Valerian).The existence of usurpers during the Crisis of the Third Century was very common, and the high number of usurpers fought by Gallienus is due to his long rule; fifteen years being considered long by the standards of the 3rd ...
Aureolus was a Roman military commander during the reign of Emperor Gallienus before he attempted to usurp the Roman Empire.After turning against Gallienus, Aureolus was killed during the political turmoil that surrounded the Emperor's assassination in a conspiracy orchestrated by his senior officers.