Victorinus

Reece Period attributed: Period 13

Member of the The Gallic Emperors dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 269 until 271.

Marcus Piavvonius Victorinus succeeded Marius to power; he had risen to high office under Postumus. The Gallic Empire ran into harder times as Spain refused to recognize Victorinus and a force of Claudius II seized territory east of the Rhone. Victorinus also had to put down several revolts and gained the hatred of his entourage by seducing their wives. He was killed in 271 when caught propositioning the wife of an official.

Other resources about Victorinus

• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Victorinus
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorinus
• VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/39390108

View all coins recorded by the scheme attributed to Victorinus.

Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Victorinus
• Full names:
  • Victorinus
• Title: Augustus of Gaul and Britannia, Emperor of the Gallic Empire, Consul of the Roman Empire
• Predecessor: Marcus Aurelius Marius
• Successor: Tetricus I
• Definition: Marcus Piavonius Victorinus was emperor in the Gallic provinces from 268 to 270 or 269 to 271, following the brief reign of Marius. He was murdered by a jealous husband whose wife he had tried to seduce.
• Parents:
  • Father:
  • Mother: Victoria (Roman usurper)
• Birth place: Roman Gaul
• Death place:
• Spouse:
• Other title(s):
  • Augustus of Gaul and Britannia
  • Emperor of the Gallic Empire
  • Consul of the Roman Empire
• Came After:
  • Domitianus and/or Tetricus I
• Came before:
  • Marcus Aurelius Marius
• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • 270s deaths
  • Piavonii
  • 3rd-century murdered monarchs
  • Murdered Roman emperors
  • Thirty Tyrants (Roman)
  • Imperial Roman consuls
  • Gallic consuls
  • Year of death uncertain
  • 3rd-century monarchs in Europe
  • Gallic emperors
  • Year of birth unknown
  • Deified Roman emperors