Italy: Saloninus (242-260), Caesar of the Roman Empire and son of Gallienus,41st Roman emperor, from the book Romanorvm imperatorvm effigies: elogijs ex diuersis scriptoribus per Thomam Treteru S. Mariae Transtyberim canonicum collectis< / i>,1583
Italy: Saloninus (242-260), Caesar of the Roman Empire and son of Gallienus,41st Roman emperor, from the book Romanorvm imperatorvm effigies: elogijs ex diuersis scriptoribus per Thomam Treteru S. Mariae Transtyberim canonicum collectis< / i>,1583
Saloninus (242-260) was the son of Emperor Gallienus. He was appointed as Caesar in 258, and was sent to Gaul to enforce his father's authority, where he was put under the protection of the praetorian prefect Silvanus. His main seat in Gaul was Cologne.
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