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Marinianus (consul 268)

Marinianus was Roman consul in the year 268, under Emperor Gallienus. He was related to the Egnatia gens and has been speculated to be the cousin, son or nephew of Emperor Gallienus. Marinianus and Valerianus Minor, were killed during the autumn of 268 in a purge of Gallienus' partisans.

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Marinianus was Roman consul in the year 268, under Emperor Gallienus.1 He was related to the Egnatia gens and has been speculated to be the cousin, son or nephew of Emperor Gallienus.2 Marinianus and Valerianus Minor (Gallienus' brother), were killed during the autumn of 268 in a purge of Gallienus' partisans.3

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  1. Jones, A. H. M.; Martindale, J. R.; Morris, John, eds. (1971). "Marinianus 1". Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire. Cambridge University Press. p. 558.
  2. Grandvallet, Claire (2006). "Marinianus, successeur désigné de Gallien ?". L'Antiquité Classique. 75 (1): 133–141. doi:10.3406/antiq.2006.2595.
  3. "Valerian and Gallienus", De Imperatoribus Romanis.