Victoria (Imperium Galliarum)
Victoria (also Vitruvia ) was Empress of the Imperium Galliarum around 270/71. She was the mother of Victorinus , who ruled the Gallic Empire from 269 to 271.
Victoria is mentioned in Aurelius Victor's Liber de Caesaribus and in the compilation of the Thirty Tyrants in the unreliable Historia Augusta . Nothing is known about her youth, but she probably came from a wealthy and respected Gallic family. Victoria retained power in Cologne after her son was murdered in early 271 . By buying the support of the troops, she secured the successor to her favorite Tetricus I , who had previously served as governor in Aquitaine . Domitianus , who had meanwhile been promoted to emperor , could not assert himself.
The Historia Augusta claims that Victoria first made her (probably fictional) grandson Victorinus junior emperor, but that he was also murdered shortly afterwards. It is also said to have carried the titles of Mater Castrorum and Augusta and minted its own coins. None of this information has yet been verified by research. It is also unclear when and under what circumstances Victoria died.
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- Aurelius Victor , De Caesaribus 33 , 14.
- Historia Augusta , Thirty Tyrants 31
literature
- John F. Drinkwater: The Gallic Empire. Separatism and Continuity in the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire AD 260-274 . Stuttgart 1987 (= Historia individual writings, 52).
- Ingemar König : The Gallic usurpers from Postumus to Tetricus . Munich 1981.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Victoria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vitruvia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Empress of the Imperium Galliarum |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century or 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century |