Licinius Valerianus Minor (died 268) was the son of Roman emperor Valerian and his second wife Cornelia Gallonia, and half-brother of Gallienus.

Life

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'' sometime between 253 and 264 he was made

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, and was appointed ordinary consul in 265. He died in the wake of his brother's assassination in the autumn of 268 when he was consul with his relative Marinianus, in a purge against Gallienus' partisans;

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reported that he was killed at Rome, whereas Eutropius and 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 ...

'' state that he was murdered at Mediolanum.Jones & Martindale, pg. 939

Family tree of Licinia gens

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268 deaths 3rd-century Romans Ancient Roman murder victims Imperial Roman consuls

Valerianus Valerian (; la, Publius Licinius Valerianus; c. 199 – 260 or 264) was Roman emperor from 253 to spring 260 AD. He persecuted Christians and was later taken captive by the Persian emperor Shapur I after the Battle of Edessa, becoming the ...

Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome Year of birth unknown Sons of Roman emperors Valerian dynasty {{AncientRome-politician-stub