Cornelia Gallonia
Cornelia Gallonia was a Roman empress and second wife of Emperor Valerian (253–260).
Only an inscription from Bulzi in Sardinia , published in 2004 , which names them as Augusta and Mrs. Valerians, reports the existence of Gallonia . Nothing else is known about Gallonia, but given their names a connection to the gens Cornelia and the gens Gallonia is likely. Perhaps she was a relative of Gallonius Basilius mentioned in the Epitome de Caesaribus , who allegedly brought the imperial insignia ( indumenta regis ) to his successor Claudius Gothicus on the instructions of the dying Gallienus . The historicity of the history and person of Gallonius Basilius is controversial, but he is gaining in probability as a historical person through a relationship to the imperial family.
She is also mentioned in the Historia Augusta as the mother of Licinius Valerianus , where her name is not mentioned.
literature
- Raimondo Zucca: Valeriano e la sua Famiglia nell'Epigrafia della Sardinia . In: Maria Gabriella Angeli Bertinelli, Angela Donati (eds.): Epigrafia di Confine, Confine dell'Epigrafia. Atti del Colloquio AIEGL, Borghesi 2003 (= Epigrafia e Antichità. Volume 21). Fratelli Lega, Faenza 2004, ISBN 88-7594-023-1 , pp. 347-370, especially pp. 363-369.
- Beatrice Girotti: Cornelia Gallonia Augusta, seconda moglie di Valeriano. Un contributo epigrafico ad un problema storiografico? In: Epigraphica. Volume 66, 2004, pp. 365-367.
- Andreas Goltz, Udo Hartmann: Valerian and Gallienus. In: Klaus-Peter Johne (Ed.): The time of the soldiers' emperors. Crisis and transformation of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century AD (235–284). Volume 1, Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-05-004529-0 , pp. 223-295, here pp. 229 f. with note 41.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cornelia Gallonia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | second wife of Emperor Valerian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | uncertain: 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century |