Regalianus

Antoninian of Regalianus

Publius Cassius Regalianus was a senator , under Emperor Valerian he is said to have been dux of Illyria , governor of the Roman province of Pannonia superior or inferior or Moesia superior or inferior and usurper against Emperor Gallienus .

According to the Historia Augusta , which was highly unreliable at the time, Regalianus allegedly descended directly from the Dacian king Decebalus , but this is to be regarded as fiction. After the capture of Valerian by the Sassanids in 260 (according to other research, perhaps as early as 259), Regalianus proclaimed himself Roman emperor , but was defeated by Gallienus after a victory over the Sarmatians and killed by his soldiers. There is evidence that he was also involved in the revolt of Ingenuus ; but he probably acted independently.

Regalianus had coins struck with his name and that of his wife Sulpicia Dryantilla .

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Aurelius Victor , De Caesaribus 33.2
Epitome de Caesaribus 32.3
Eutropius 9.8
Historia Augusta , Thirty Tyrants 10.8
John Zonaras 12:24

Web links

Commons : Regalianus - album with pictures, videos and audio files

William Leadbetter: Short biography (English) at De Imperatoribus Romanis (with references).

literature

Jenő Fitz : Ingenuus et Régalien (= Collection Latomus . Volume LXXXI). Latomus, Brussels 1966 (not evaluated).

Remarks

↑ The designation dux Illyrici ( Thirty Tyrants 10.1.9) was transferred here from the ordinance of offices at a later time and should therefore be regarded as fictitious.
↑ 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), p. 29.

personal data
SURNAME	Regalianus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	PC Regalianus; Publius Cassius Regalianus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman emperor and senator
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century or 3rd century
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century

[1] The designation dux Illyrici ( Thirty Tyrants 10.1.9) was transferred here from the ordinance of offices at a later time and should therefore be regarded as fictitious.

[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), p. 29.