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Trebonianus Gallus

Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus (206 - August, 253), was Roman Emperor

Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
from 251 to 253, in a joint rule with his son Volusianus

Volusianus

Gaius Vibius Volusianus was a Roman emperor .He was son to Trebonianus Gallus by his wife Afinia Gemina Baebiana. He is known to have had a sister, Vibia Galla....
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Gallus was born in Italy, in a family with respected ancestry of Etruscan

Etruscan

Etruscan may refer to:*the Etruscan civilization* the Etruscan language* the Etruscan alphabet...
senatorial

Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
background. He had two children in his marriage with Afinia Gemina Baebiana

Afinia Gemina Baebiana

Afinia Gemina Baebiana was the wife of Roman Emperor Trebonianus Gallus, who ruled briefly in 251-253.Almost nothing is known about her life. She had two children, Volusianus and a daughter, Vibia Galla....
: Gaius Vibius Volusianus, later Emperor, and a daughter, Vibia Galla. His early career was typical with several appointments, both political and military.

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Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus (206 - August, 253), was Roman Emperor

Roman Emperor

Volusianus

Etruscan

Etruscan may refer to:*the Etruscan civilization* the Etruscan language* the Etruscan alphabet...
senatorial

Roman Senate

Afinia Gemina Baebiana

Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
and in 250 was nominated governor of the Roman province

Roman province

In Ancient Rome, a province was the basic, and until the Tetrarchy , largest territorial and administrative unit of the empire's territorial possessions outside of the Italia ....
of Moesia Superior

Moesia

Moesia was an ancient region and Roman province situated in the areas of modern Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania along the south bank of the Danube River....
, an appointment that showed the confidence of emperor Trajan Decius in him. In Moesia, Gallus was a key figure in repelling the frequent invasion attacks by the Gothic

Goths

The Goths were East Germanic tribes who, in the 3rd and 4th centuries, invasion the Roman Empire and later adopted Arian Christianity. In the 5th and 6th centuries, divided as the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, they established powerful successor-states of the Roman Empire in the Iberian peninsula and Italy....
tribes of the Danube

Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
and became popular with the army.

In June 251, Decius and his co-emperor and son Herennius Etruscus

Herennius Etruscus

Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius , was Roman Empire in 251, in a joint rule with his father Trajan Decius. Emperor Hostilian was his younger brother....
died in the Battle of Abrittus

Battle of Abrittus

The Battle of Abritus , also known as the Battle of Forum Terebronii, occurred in the Roman province of Moesia Inferior probably in July, 251, between the Roman Empire and a federation of "Scythians#Migration_period" tribesmen under the Goths King Cniva....
, at the hands of the Goths they were supposed to punish for raids into the empire, largely owing to the failure of Gallus to attack aggressively. When the army heard the news, the soldiers proclaimed Gallus emperor, despite Hostilian

Hostilian

Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus , was Roman Empire in 251. Hostilian was born in Sirmium in Illyricum sometime after 230, as the son of the future emperor Decius by his wife Herennia Etruscilla....
, Decius' surviving son, ascending the imperial throne in Rome. Gallus did not back down from his intention to become emperor, but accepted Hostilian as co-emperor, perhaps to avoid the damage of another civil war. While Gallus marched on Rome, an outbreak of plague

Bubonic plague

Plague is a deadly infectious disease caused by the Enterobacteriaceae Yersinia pestis . Plague is a zoonotic, primarily carried by rodents and spread to humans via fleas....
struck the city and killed young Hostilian. With absolute power now on his hands, Gallus nominated his son Volusianus co-emperor.

Eager to show himself competent and gain popularity with the citizens, Gallus swiftly dealt with the epidemic, providing burial for the victims. Gallus is often accused of persecuting the Christians

Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
, but the only solid evidence of this allegation is the imprisoning of Pope Cornelius

Pope Cornelius

Pope Cornelius was pope from his election on 6 or 13 March, 251 to his martyrdom in June 253....
in 252.

Like his predecessors, Gallus did not have an easy reign. In the East, Persian Emperor Shapur I

Shapur I

Shapur I was the second Sassanid King of the Sassanid Empire. The dates of his reign are commonly given as 241 - 272, but it is likely that he also reigned as co-regent prior to his father's death in 241....
invaded and conquered the province of Syria

Syria (Roman province)

Syria was a Roman province, annexed in 64 BC by Pompey, as a consequence of his military presence after pursuing victory in the Third Mithridatic War....
, without any response from Rome. On the Danube, the Gothic tribes were once again on the loose, despite the peace treaty signed in 251. The army was not pleased with the emperor and when Aemilianus

Aemilianus

Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus , commonly known in English as Aemilian, was Roman Emperor for about three months in 253.Commander of the Moesian troops, he obtained an important victory against the invading Goths and was, for this reason, acclaimed emperor by his army....
, governor of Moesia Superior and Pannonia, took the initiative of battle and defeated the Goths, the soldiers proclaimed him emperor. With a usurper threatening the throne, Gallus prepared for a fight. He recalled several legions

Roman legion

The Roman Legion is a term that can apply both as a translation of legio to the entire Roman army and also, more narrowly , to the heavy infantry that was the basic military unit of the Roman army in the period of the late Roman Republic and the Roman Empire....
and ordered reinforcements to return to Rome from the Rhine

Rhine

File:Swiss Grand Canyon.jpgThe Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at , with an average discharge of more than ....
frontier. Despite these dispositions, Aemilianus marched onto Italy ready to fight for his claim. Gallus did not have the chance to face him in battle: he and Volusianus

Volusianus

Gaius Vibius Volusianus was a Roman emperor .He was son to Trebonianus Gallus by his wife Afinia Gemina Baebiana. He is known to have had a sister, Vibia Galla....
were murdered by their own troops in August 253, in Interamna

Terni

Terni is an ancient town of Italy, capital of Province of Terni in southern Umbria, in the plain of the Nera River . It is 104 km N of Rome, 36 km NW of Rieti, and 29 km S of Spoleto....
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