Marinianus

Marinianus (with full name probably Publius Licinius Egnatius Marinianus ; * 265 ?; † autumn 268 in Rome) was the third (and youngest?) Son of the Roman emperor Gallienus and Salonina .

Together with Paternus he was appointed consul of the year 268 by Gallienus . Marinianus had to be considered the presumptive heir to the throne, since his two older brothers Valerianus Caesar and Saloninus were already dead at this point. As a result of the murder of the emperor in the autumn of 268, however, the boy was no longer formally elevated to Caesar . The successor Claudius Gothicus could not (or did not want to) prevent that Marinianus and his uncle Licinius Valerianus were killed in a hunt unleashed by the Senate in Rome on the members of the overthrown imperial house .

literature

Andreas Alföldi : Studies on the history of the world crisis of the 3rd century AD. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1967.
Claire Grandvallet: Marinianus, successeur désigné de Gallien? In: L'Antiquité classique . Volume 75, 2006, pp. 133-141 ( online ).
Dietmar Kienast , Werner Eck , Matthäus Heil : Roman imperial table. Basic features of a Roman imperial chronology . 6th edition. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2017, ISBN 978-3-534-26724-8 .
Prosopographia Imperii Romani (PIR) ² L 198.

Remarks

↑ Coins minted in the year 266 for Salonina emphasize the fertility of the empress, who was then over 40 years old, from which it is concluded that the son was previously born. It could possibly also be a fourth, early deceased son and Caesar named Q. (uintus?) Gallienus , who is known from a posthumous denarius and an Antoninian, but is usually identified with the divinized Saloninus.
↑ The filiation of Marinianus is partly disputed with the argument that it is a relative (cousin / nephew) of Gallienus on his mother's side; Gallienus' mother was called Egnatia Mariniana .
↑ CIL 3, 3525 ; see. Alföldi, Weltkrise , p. 109 f. Kienast / Eck / Heil, Kaisertabelle , p. 214 exclude this identification without giving reasons.
↑ Several bronze coins of Gallienus show a quadriga on the lapel with a man who puts his hand on the shoulder of a child standing next to him; the legend calls the name Marinianus. Cf. Grandvallet, Marinianus , passim .
↑ Zonaras , Weltchronik 12:26.

personal data
SURNAME	Marinianus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Marinianus, Egnatius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Son of the Roman Emperor Gallienus
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century
DATE OF DEATH	268
Place of death	Rome

[1] Coins minted in the year 266 for Salonina emphasize the fertility of the empress, who was then over 40 years old, from which it is concluded that the son was previously born. It could possibly also be a fourth, early deceased son and Caesar named Q. (uintus?) Gallienus , who is known from a posthumous denarius and an Antoninian, but is usually identified with the divinized Saloninus.

[2] The filiation of Marinianus is partly disputed with the argument that it is a relative (cousin / nephew) of Gallienus on his mother's side; Gallienus' mother was called Egnatia Mariniana .

[3] CIL 3, 3525 ; see. Alföldi, Weltkrise , p. 109 f. Kienast / Eck / Heil, Kaisertabelle , p. 214 exclude this identification without giving reasons.

[4] Several bronze coins of Gallienus show a quadriga on the lapel with a man who puts his hand on the shoulder of a child standing next to him; the legend calls the name Marinianus. Cf. Grandvallet, Marinianus , passim .

[5] Zonaras , Weltchronik 12:26.