Saloninus

Antoninian of Saloninus as Augustus

Publius Licinius Cornelius Saloninus Valerianus (* around 242; † 260 in Cologne ) was a Roman emperor in 260.

Life

Saloninus was born around the year 242. His father was the future Emperor Gallienus , who himself came from a respected family, his mother Cornelia Salonina . After the death of his older brother Valerianus Caesar in 258, Gallienus appointed him Caesar (lower emperor). Saloninus was then sent to Gaul to protect the Rhine border . During this time Saloninus resided in Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium , today's Cologne . He was assisted by a consultant whose name has been passed down as Silvanus or Albanus.

In the late summer of 260 Saloninus and Silvanus / Albanus had to deal with the usurper Postumus , who after a victory over Germanic tribes had probably demanded a larger share of the booty. Postumus then advanced on Cologne and besieged the city. Saloninus was proclaimed Augustus , but eventually handed over to Postumus together with Silvanus and executed shortly afterwards. Postumus himself then established the so-called Gallic Sonderreich , which lasted until 274. Gallienus, who was tied to the Danube border , could not intervene (see Imperial Crisis of the 3rd Century ).

literature

• Andreas Goltz, Udo Hartmann : Valerianus 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.
• Werner Eck : Cologne in Roman times. History of a city under the Roman Empire. (Volume 1 of the history of the city of Cologne in 13 volumes ). Greven, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-7743-0357-6 , pp. 560-564.

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