Gallienus

[ gal-ee-ee-nuhs ]

noun

1. Publius Licinius Egnatius, died a.d. 268, emperor of Rome 253–268 (son of Valerian).

Example Sentences

His missionary labours, 247 Gallienus, proclaims toleration to the Christians, i.

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Close to this Gallienus had ordered a statue of himself to be erected, which was to be double the height of the colossus of Nero, but it was unfinished at the time of his death, and destroyed by his successor.

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Gallienus was a cruel and self-indulgent emperor, who excited the indignation of the Romans by leaving his old father, Valerian, to die a captive in the hands of the Persians, so that the inscription, "Clementissimo principi cuius invicta virtus sola pietate superata est," is singularly false, even for the time.

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Saloninus, son of Gallienus and Salonina.

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His brilliant exploits were duly rewarded by the Emperor Gallienus, who bestowed on him the title of Augustus.

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