Volusianus

Reece Period attributed: Period 12

Member of the Third Century Emperors dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 251 until 253.

Gaius Vibius Volusianus was the son of Trebonianus Gallus. Upon his father’s accession in 251, Volusian was given the title of Caesar. When Hostilian died, Volusian became Augustus and ruled jointly with his father. He died in 253, murdered with his father by soldiers of Aemilian.

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Other resources about Volusianus

• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Volusianus
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volusianus

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Volusianus
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• Predecessor: Decius, Herennius Etruscus
• Successor: Aemilianus
• Definition: Gaius Vibius Volusianus (died August 253) was a Roman emperor from 251 to 253, ruling with his father Trebonianus Gallus. After Emperor Decius and his son and co-ruler Herennius Etruscus died in battle in June 251, Trebonianus Gallus was elected emperor in the field by the legion. Gallus raised Hostilian, the younger son of Decius, to augustus (co-emperor) and elevated Volusianus to caesar. After the death of Hostilian in July or August 251, Volusianus was raised to augustus. The short reign of Gallus and Volusianus was notable for the outbreak of a plague, which is said by some to be the reason for Hostilian's death, and for hostilities with the Sasanian Empire and the Goths. Volusianus and his father were killed in August 253 by their own soldiers, who were terrified of the forces of the usurper Aemilian which were marching towards Rome.
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  • Father: Trebonianus Gallus
  • Mother: Afinia Gemina Baebiana
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• Death place: Terni
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  • Roman consul
  • List of Roman emperors
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• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • 3rd-century Roman emperors
  • Imperial Roman consuls
  • Sons of Roman emperors
  • Murdered Roman emperors
  • 3rd-century murdered monarchs
  • Crisis of the Third Century
  • 230 births
  • Vibii
  • Year of birth uncertain
  • 253 deaths