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Titus Fulvius Iunius Macrianus (died 261), also known as Macrianus Minor, was a Roman usurper
Roman usurper

Usurpers are individuals or groups of individuals who obtain and maintain the power or rights of another by force and without legal authority. Usurpers were a common feature of the late Roman Empire, especially from the crisis of the third century onwards, when political instability became the rule....
. He was the son of Fulvius Macrianus
Macrianus Major

Fulvius Macrianus , also called Macrianus Major, was a Roman usurper. He was one of Valerian fiscal officers. More precisely, sources refer to him as being in the charge of the whole state accounts or, in the language of a later age, as count of the treasury and the person in charge of markets and provisions....
, also known as Macrianus Major.

Macrianus Minor's mother was of noble birth and her name, possibly, was Iunia. According to the often unreliable Historia Augusta, he had served as military tribune
Tribune

Tribune was a title shared by 10 elected officials in the Roman Republic. Tribunes had the power to convene the Plebeian Council and to act as its president, which also gave them the exclusive right to propose legislation before it....
 under Valerian
Valerian (emperor)

Publius Licinius Valerianus , commonly known in English language as Valerian or Valerian I, was the Roman Emperor from 253 to 260....
.

Macrianus, his father and his son Quietus
Quietus

Titus Fulvius Iunius Quietus was a Roman usurper against Roman Emperor Gallienus.Quietus was the son of Macrianus Major and a noblewoman, possibly named Iunia....
, were in Mesopotamia in 260, for the Sassanid campaign of Emperor Valerian, when the Roman army was defeated, and the emperor was captured.






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Titus Fulvius Iunius Macrianus (died 261), also known as Macrianus Minor, was a Roman usurper
Roman usurper

Usurpers are individuals or groups of individuals who obtain and maintain the power or rights of another by force and without legal authority. Usurpers were a common feature of the late Roman Empire, especially from the crisis of the third century onwards, when political instability became the rule....
. He was the son of Fulvius Macrianus
Macrianus Major

Fulvius Macrianus , also called Macrianus Major, was a Roman usurper. He was one of Valerian fiscal officers. More precisely, sources refer to him as being in the charge of the whole state accounts or, in the language of a later age, as count of the treasury and the person in charge of markets and provisions....
, also known as Macrianus Major.

Macrianus Minor's mother was of noble birth and her name, possibly, was Iunia. According to the often unreliable Historia Augusta, he had served as military tribune
Tribune

Tribune was a title shared by 10 elected officials in the Roman Republic. Tribunes had the power to convene the Plebeian Council and to act as its president, which also gave them the exclusive right to propose legislation before it....
 under Valerian
Valerian (emperor)

Publius Licinius Valerianus , commonly known in English language as Valerian or Valerian I, was the Roman Emperor from 253 to 260....
.

Macrianus, his father and his son Quietus
Quietus

Titus Fulvius Iunius Quietus was a Roman usurper against Roman Emperor Gallienus.Quietus was the son of Macrianus Major and a noblewoman, possibly named Iunia....
, were in Mesopotamia in 260, for the Sassanid campaign of Emperor Valerian, when the Roman army was defeated, and the emperor was captured. With help from his father, who kept the imperial treasure, and by the influence of Balista
Balista

Balista or Ballista , also known in the sources with the probably wrong name of "Callistus", was one of the Thirty Tyrants of Historia Augusta, and supported the rebellion of Macriani against Emperor Gallienus....
, Valerian's praefect, Macrianus gained the imperial office together with his brother Quietus
Quietus

Titus Fulvius Iunius Quietus was a Roman usurper against Roman Emperor Gallienus.Quietus was the son of Macrianus Major and a noblewoman, possibly named Iunia....
, through the election by the army, in contrast with the lawful Emperor Gallienus
Gallienus

Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus ruled the Roman Empire as co-emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260, and then as the sole Roman Emperor from 260 to 268....
, son and co-emperor with Valerian, who was far in the West. The two emperors and brothers were recognized in the eastern part of the Empire, having a stronghold in Egypt, the grain supplying province for the city of Rome.

Macrianus Major and Macrianus Minor moved to the West to attack and eliminate their rival Gallienus. They were however defeated in autumn 261 by Aureolus
Aureolus

For the Frankish ruler of Aragon, see Aureolus of Aragon.Aureolus was a Roman Empire Roman army and would-be usurper. He was one of the of the so-called Thirty Tyrants who populated the reign of the Emperor Gallienus....
, and later killed by their own soldiers.

See also

  • Gallienus usurpers
    Gallienus usurpers

    The Gallienus usurpers were the Roman usurper who claimed Roman Emperor during the reign of Gallienus . The existence of usurpers during the Crisis of the Third Century was very common, and the high number of usurpers fought by Gallienus is due to his long rule; 15 years was a long reign by the standards of the 3rd century Roman Empire....
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