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Trebonianus Gallus

Trebonianus Gallus: emperor of the Roman world (251-253).

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Names:

±206: Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus
June 251: Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
August 253: lynched by soldiers

Successor of: Decius and Hostilianus

Relatives:

father: Gaius Vibius Veldumnianus
wife: Afinia Gemina Baebinia
children: Volusianus, Vibia Galla

Main deeds

Trebonianus Gallus

c.206 Born in Perusia (?)
Consul
250 Propraetor of Moesia Superior
Summer 251 Accepted as emperor by the Roman troops after the death of Decius; Decius' son Hostilian and Trebonianus's son Volusian adopted as caesares; Hostilian succumbs to plague; Trebonian moves to Rome
Volusian

252 Consul (with his son Volusianus); invasion by Visigoths and other tribes; Sasanian Persians attack Armenia and invade Mesopotamia
253 Insurrections of Uranius Antoninus in Emesa and Aemilianus in Moesia; Trebonianus killed by his soldiers when he was marching against Aemilianus
Damnatio memoriae

Contemporary events

Death of the Christian teacher Origen (253)

Succeeded by: Aemilianus