Licinius Valerianus Minor

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Licinius Valerianus Minor (died 268) was the son of Roman emperor Valerian and half-brother of emperor Gallienus. His mother may have been named Cornelia Gallonia.

Life

In a nundinium sometime between 253 and 264, he was made suffect consul and was appointed ordinary consul in 265.[1] 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; Joannes Zonaras reported that he was killed at Rome, whereas Eutropius and the Historia Augusta state that he was murdered at Mediolanum.[2]

Family tree of Licinia gens

Aulus Egnatius Priscillianus
philosopher
Quintus Egnatius Proculus
consul suffectus
Lucius Egnatius Victor
Egnatius Victor Marinianus
consul suffectus
1.Egnatia Mariniana
Valerian
Roman Emperor
253-260
2.Cornelia Gallonia
previous
Aemilianus
Roman Emperor
253

(1) Gallienus
Roman Emperor
253-268
Cornelia Salonina
(2) Valerianus Minor
consul suffectus
Claudius Gothicus
Roman Emperor
268-270
Quintillus
Roman Emperor
270
next
Aurelian
Roman Emperor
270-275
Valerian II
caesar
Saloninus
co-emperor
Marinianus
consul 268

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