Gaius Cassius Regallianus

Gaius Cassius Regallianus was in 202 together with Titus Murrenius Severus suffect consul .

The consul Regallianus and his colleague Murennius Severus had been completely unknown until a military diploma published in 2001 was found . Most of all, Regallianus caught the attention of scientists. Because apart from one single case, the Cognomen Regal (l) ianus has not become known in the entire prosopography of the high imperial period. In the case where the cognomen is known, one of the usurpers who revolted against Emperor Gallienus carries it : Regalianus , who rose against Gallienus in the Danube region in 260. The name is passed down on his coins in the form: PC REGALIANVS. The gentile noun , only abbreviated with the letter C, is sometimes resolved with Cornelius , which is of course possible, but is not supported by anything.

A member of a consular family at the beginning of the 3rd century is now known who carries the rare cognomen Regallianus and whose gentile noun also begins with C. Of course, C can stand for different Gentilizia. But in combination with the Cognomen Regallianus , the probability is more than obvious that Regallianus was an ancestor of the later governor of Pannonia superior / inferior or Moesia superior / inferior , who had rebelled against Emperor Gallienus in 260. This is important insofar as it has been controversial up to now whether the usurper, as the news of the Historia Augusta writes, was just a chivalrous military commander or a regular governor of senatorial rank.

literature

Barbara Pferdehirt : Four new military diplomas in the possession of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum . In: Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 2001, issue 2.
Werner Eck : Prosopographical remarks on the military diploma from December 20, 202 AD. The Fleet Prefect Aemilius Sullectinus and the gentile noun of the usurper Regalianus . In: Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 139 (2002), pp. 208–210.

Remarks

^ Regallianus on the outside of panel I; Regalianus on the inside of panel II of the military diploma. The Prosopographia Imperii Romani² S states under Titus Murennius Severus Lucius Cassius Regalianus (a misprint; clearly "C" can be read on the photo).

personal data
SURNAME	Cassius Regallianus, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Regallianus, Gaius Cassius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	roman consul 202
DATE OF BIRTH	before 202
DATE OF DEATH	after 202

[1] Regallianus on the outside of panel I; Regalianus on the inside of panel II of the military diploma. The Prosopographia Imperii Romani² S states under Titus Murennius Severus Lucius Cassius Regalianus (a misprint; clearly "C" can be read on the photo).