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Also known as Marcus Piavonius Victorinus, Marcus Piavvonius Victorinus, Marcus Piaonius Victorinus

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.

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Born
4th cent.
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24

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  • Scritti cristiani
  • De inventione
  • M. Tullii Ciceronis Rhetoricorum ad Herennium libri quatuor, alias, Ars nova, sive Nova rhetorica
  • Marii Victorini commentarii in epistulas Pauli ad Galatas ad Philippenses ad Ephesios
  • Commentarii in epistulas Pavli ad Galatas, ad Philippenses, ad Ephesios

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1570
Active to
1624

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Royalty.name
Victorinus
Royalty.full name
Marcus Piavonius Victorinus
Royalty.succession
Emperor of the Gallic Empire
Royalty.image
Aureus Victorinus RIC 0094 (obverse).png
Royalty.caption
Aureus of Victorinus, marked:
Royalty.reign
268–270 or 269–271
Royalty.predecessor
Marcus Aurelius Marius
Royalty.successor
Tetricus I
Royalty.issue
Victorinus Junior (fictional)
Royalty.mother
Victoria
Royalty.birth_date
3rd Century
Royalty.birth_place
Roman Gaul
Royalty.death_date
270 or early 271
Royalty.death_place
Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne)
Royalty.regnal name
Imperator Caesar Marcus Piavonius Victorinus Augustus
Royalty.title
Augustus of Gaul and Britannia

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Aureus Victorinus RIC 0094 (obverse).jpg
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Victorinus
date of death
0271-01-01
date of birth
0300-01-01
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name in native language
Marcus Piavonius Victorinus
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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.

==Reign== thumb|Mosaic with the name of Victorinus from Augusta Treverorum (CIL XIII, 03679 (4, p 43); [[Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier)]] thumb|Bronze double denarius of the Gallic Roman emperor Victorinus (269–271) found at U Thong district|U Thong, [[Thailand and later donated to the U Thong National Museum.]] Hailing from Gaul, Victorinus was born into a Gallic family of great wealth, and was a soldier under Postumus, the first of the so-called Gallic emperors. He showed considerable ability, as he held the title of tribunus praetorianorum (tribune of the praetorians) in 266/267, and rose swiftly to become co-consul with Postumus in 268. It is also possible that Postumus then elevated him to the post of praetorian prefect. Shortly after putting down a rebellion by Laelianus in 269, Postumus was murdered by his own troops, who appointed Marius as emperor in his place.

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