Marinianus (c. 249268) was Roman consul in 268 AD. He has been speculated to be the cousin, son or nephew of Roman Emperor
Gallienus
Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empi ...
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Life
Gallienus appointed him together with
Paternus
Padarn ( la, Paternus, Padarnus; cy, Padarn; br, Padern; ? – 550 AD) was an early 6th century British Christian abbot-bishop who founded St Padarn's Church in Ceredigion, Wales. He appears to be one and the same with the first bishop of Bra ...
as
consul
Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...
in early 268.
Marinianus, along with
Valerianus Minor, were killed during the autumn of 268 in a purge of Gallienus' partisans.
"Roman Emperors - Valerian and Gallienus", ''De Imperatoribus Romanis''
1998.
Family tree of Licinia gens
Notes
240s births
268 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Valerian dynasty
Imperial Roman consuls
3rd-century Romans
Marinianus, Publius Egnatius
Sons of Roman emperors
Heirs apparent who never acceded
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