Valerian II

Names
	Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus

Valerian II
Valerian II
Caesar of the Roman Empire
	Antoninianus of Valerian II
Reign	256–258 (as Caesar under Valerian and Gallienus)
Successor	Saloninus
Died	258
Names
Names
	Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus
Dynasty	Valerian
Father	Gallienus
Mother	Cornelia Salonina

Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus (died 258), also known as Valerian II, was the eldest son of Roman Emperor Gallienus and Augusta Cornelia Salonina who was of Greek origin^[2]^[3] and grandson of the Emperor Valerian who was of a noble and traditional senatorial family.

^ ^a ^b Vagi 2000, p. 350.
^ Lissner, Ivar (1958). The Caesars: might and madness. Putnam. p. 291. OCLC 403811. Gallienus' wife was a remarkably sensitive and cultured Greek woman named Cornelia Salonina who came from Bithynia
^ Bengtson, Hermann – Bloedow, Edmund Frederick (1988). History of Greece: from the beginnings to the Byzantine era. University of Ottawa Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-7766-0210-1. The Empress Salonina, a Greek from Bithynia, took an avid part in the philhellenic efforts of the Emperor.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[FOOTNOTEVagi2000350-1] Vagi 2000, p. 350.

[2] Lissner, Ivar (1958). The Caesars: might and madness. Putnam. p. 291. OCLC 403811. Gallienus' wife was a remarkably sensitive and cultured Greek woman named Cornelia Salonina who came from Bithynia

[3] Bengtson, Hermann – Bloedow, Edmund Frederick (1988). History of Greece: from the beginnings to the Byzantine era. University of Ottawa Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-7766-0210-1. The Empress Salonina, a Greek from Bithynia, took an avid part in the philhellenic efforts of the Emperor.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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