Domitianus (counter-emperor)

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Antoninian of Domitianus

Domitianus is a Roman official who is only vaguely apparent in the ancient literary sources, who was emperor for a short time around the year 271 in the renegade Imperium Galliarum , which at that time comprised the provinces of Gaul and Britain . He is sometimes referred to as Domitian II.

Only two coins provide independent archaeological evidence of Domitianus' existence and government. The first, an Antoninian found around 1900 in the Loire Valley , was mostly viewed as a forgery until a second Antoninian appeared in Oxfordshire in 2003 in a pot of around 5000 coins, undeniably from the period 250-275.

It is assumed that Domitianus is identical with an officer of Aureolus under Gallienus mentioned in the Historia Augusta , as well as with the usurper under Aurelian mentioned in Zosimos . His reign, which was possibly in competition with Victorinus and / or Tetricus , will probably not have lasted much longer than a few days - just long enough for his own coins to be struck.

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  • Historia Augusta, Thirty Tyrants 12:14; 13.3.
  • Historia Augusta, Gallienus 2,6.
  • Zosimos, New History 1,49,2.

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predecessor Office successor
Victorinus Emperor of the Imperium Galliarum
271 		Tetricus I.
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SURNAME Domitianus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman official and emperor of the renegade Imperium Galliarum
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century