M. Cassianus Latinius
Postumus
Gallic Emperor
259-268
Commander of the Rhine legions, he rebelled in 259,
ruling Gaul, Spain and Britain for nine years.
Confronting Laelianus in 268, he refused to allow his troops to sack
Mainz and was assassinated.
Usurpers:
Laelianus |
M. Aurelius Marius
Gallic Emperor
268
A blacksmith, he joined the Roman army and became an officer. On the death
of Postumus he seized power, but was assassinated after a very short
reign (perhaps two or three days), supposedly
by a sword of his own manufacture. |
M. Piavonius Victorinus
Gallic Emperor
268-270
Victorinus, an able soldier, succeeded Marius. Little is known about this
reign; Spain broke away and Claudius II invaded Gaul, starting a revolt
which Victorinus put down. He is said to have enjoyed seducing the wives of
his officers, which led to assassination at the hands of one of his
subordinates. |
C. Pius Esuvius Tetricus
Gallic Emperor
270-273 |
C. Pius Esuvius Tetricus II
allic Caesar
270-273 |
Tetricus succeeded Victorinus only to find himself
presiding over a declining empire. When Aurelian invaded Gaul,
Tetricus abdicated and surrendered. Aurelian gave him a position in
the government of Italy, where Tetricus spent the rest of his life in
honorable retirement.
Caesar under his father, Tetricus II shared the
radiate crown and so is commonly included in the lists of emperors. After
the abdication of Tetricus I, his son also spent the rest of his days as a
private citizen. |
