Trebonianus Gallus

Trebonianus Gallus
Bronze statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus
Detail of a statue of a mid 3rd-century emperor, most likely Trebonianus Gallus.[1][2][3]
Roman emperor
Reignc. June 251 – August 253[4]
PredecessorDecius
SuccessorAemilianus
Co-emperorsHostilianus (251)
Volusianus (251–253)
Bornc. 206
Italy
Diedc. August 253 (aged ~47)
Interamna
SpouseAfinia Gemina Baebiana
IssueVolusianus and Vibia Galla
Names
Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus

Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus[5] (c. 206 – August 253)[4] was Roman emperor from June 251 to August 253, in a joint rule with his son Volusianus.

  1. ^ "Bronze statue of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ Zanker, Paul (2016). "30. Over-Lifesize Statue of Trebonianus Gallus(?)". Roman Portraits. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 94–98. ISBN 978-1-58839-599-3. None of the identifications of specific emperors proposed to date are truly convincing... The highly divergent coinage of the emperors of this period lends credibility to the possibility that the subject is in fact Trebonianus Gallus.
  3. ^ The statue is not compatible with depictions of other bearded emperors such as Philip the Arab, Gallienus, Claudius II or Aurelian.
  4. ^ a b Kienast, Dietmar; Werner Eck & Matthäus Heil (2017) [1990]. Römische Kaisertabelle. WBG. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-3-534-26724-8.
  5. ^ Cooley, Alison E. (2012). The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy. Cambridge University Press. p. 498. ISBN 978-0-521-84026-2.

© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search