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Trebellianus (d. 260–268) was a Roman usurper listed among the
Körner, Christian "Fictitious usurpers: Trebellianus, Celsus and Saturninus", s.v. "Usurpers under Gallienus" ''De Imperatoribus Romanis''
260s deaths Thirty Tyrants (Roman) Gallienus usurpers Year of birth unknown
Trebellianus (d. 260–268) was a Roman usurper listed among the thirty tyrants
The Thirty Tyrants ( grc, οἱ τριάκοντα τύραννοι, ''hoi triákonta týrannoi'') were a pro-Spartan oligarchy installed in Athens after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC. Upon Lysander's request, the Thirty were elec ...
in the ''Historia Augusta
The ''Historia Augusta'' (English: ''Augustan History'') is a late Roman collection of biographies, written in Latin, of the Roman emperors, their junior colleagues, designated heirs and usurpers from 117 to 284. Supposedly modeled on the sim ...
''. Modern historians consider this figure a character invented by the author of ''Historia'', whose traditional name was Trebellius Pollio.
Description
According to ''Historia'', Trebellianus was aCilicia
Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coas ...
n robber, who called his castle in the fastnesses of the Isauria
Isauria ( or ; grc, Ἰσαυρία), in ancient geography, is a rugged, isolated, district in the interior of Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering what is now the district of Bozkır and its surrou ...
n mountains the Palatium (as the imperial palace on the Palatine, in Rome), established a mint, and gave himself the title of emperor. But having been tempted to quit his stronghold and descend into the plain, he was there encountered and slain by Causisoleus, an Egyptian, one of the generals of Gallienus (''dux Gallieni''), brother of Aurelius Theodotus
Aurelius Theodotus was a Roman '' eques'' and general who flourished during the earlier part of the third century AD. He was assigned by the emperor Gallienus to suppress the rebellion of Lucius Mussius Aemilianus, after which he served as ''prae ...
who had defeated Mussius Aemilianus.
Trebellianus is also cited by Eutropius (''Breviarium'', ix.8). The passage is considered a later interpolation, or an error for " Regalianus" — and in fact several editions of Eutropius amend the text with Regalianus. In the latter case, it is possible that this passage gave inspiration to the author of ''Historia'' for its Trebellianus.
See also
*Trebellia gens
The gens Trebellia, occasionally written Trebelia, was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned at the time of the Second Punic War, but they played little role in the Roman state until the final decades of t ...
References
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* Article originally taken from the public domain ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', edited by William Smith.Körner, Christian "Fictitious usurpers: Trebellianus, Celsus and Saturninus", s.v. "Usurpers under Gallienus" ''De Imperatoribus Romanis''
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260s deaths Thirty Tyrants (Roman) Gallienus usurpers Year of birth unknown