has been hypothesized that Postumus himself was born in Deuso. From these relatively obscure provincial origins, Postumus would have risen through the...
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Augustus initially considered Postumus as a potential successor and formally adopted him as his heir, before banishing Postumus from Rome in AD 6 on account...
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Gallic Empire (section After Postumus)
This left Postumus, who was governor of Germania Superior and Inferior, in charge at the Rhine border. An exceptional administrator, Postumus had also...
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Poenius Postumus was praefectus castrorum (camp prefect) of the Roman legion II Augusta, stationed in Britain during the rebellion of Boudica in 61 AD...
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Look up postumus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Postumus (Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus, died 269) was a Roman usurper and founder of the Gallic...
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Gallienus (section Postumus revolt)
discovered in 1992 at Augsburg indicates that Postumus had been proclaimed emperor by September 260. Postumus claimed the consulship for himself and one...
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Gaius Rabirius Postumus was a Roman banker. He is notable for having been defended by Cicero (54 BC) in the extant speech Pro Rabirio Postumo, when charged...
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In the Historia Augusta, Postumus the Younger (Latin: Postumus IĆ«nior) figures as one of the so-called Thirty Tyrants who usurped power against the Roman...
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Aphrodite by a Postumus; Syme identifies its author as Apollonides of Nicaea, and the person responsible for the temple as Vibius Postumus, who had the...
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delay, Postumus had established some control over the Empire. In 265, when Gallienus and his men crossed the Alps, they defeated and besieged Postumus in...
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