Ingenuus held a senior military command in Pannonia when he proclaimed himself RomanEmperor ca. 260 (some claim 258) after the death of emperor Valerian. Position of the Roman province of Pannonia Pannonia is an ancient country bounded north and east by the Danube, conterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. ... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Ancient Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian (better known as Caesar Augustus), until its radical reformation in what was later to be known as the Byzantine Empire. ... An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... Events Valerian I captured by the Persian king Shapur I; Gallienus becomes sole Roman emperor. ... Events Sun Xiu succeeds Sun Liang as ruler of the Chinese kingdom of Wu The Goths ravage Asia Minor and Trabzon Gaul, Britain and Spain break off from the Roman Empire to form the Gallic Empire Nanjing University first founded in Nanjing, China Births Emperor Hui of Jin China (approximate... Valerian on a coin celebrating goddess Fortuna, associated with health and wealth. ...
He had been charged with the military education of caesarCornelius Licinius Valerianus, the young son of emperor Gallienus, but after the boy's death in 258 his position became perilous. He saw his chance when Valerian I was captured and killed by the SasanidPersians and revolted against Gallienus. Caesar (p. ... Valerian II (Cornelius Licinius Valerianus) was the eldest son of the Roman emperor, Gallienus. ... Gallienus depicted on a lead seal. ... Head of king Shapur II (Sasanian dynasty A.D. 4th century). ... The Persians of Iran (officially named Persia by West until 1935 while still referred to as Persia by some ) are an Iranian people who speak Persian (locally named Fârsi by native speakers) and often refer to themselves as ethnic Iranians as well. ... Gallienus depicted on a lead seal. ...
Gallienus acted quickly by recalling troops from Gaul and after a rapid march he met Ingenuus on the battlefield at Mursa. Ingenuus' troops were defeated and he was killed in battle or took his own life. Gallienus depicted on a lead seal. ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (from Latin Gallia, c. ...
There are no coins bearing his name. He is listed among the Thirty Tyrants in the Historia Augusta. The Thirty Tyrants, or Thirty Pretenders (Latin: Tyranni Triginta) were a group of 32 people declared by the author of the notoriously unreliable Historia Augusta, writing under the name Trebellius Pollio, to have been pretenders to the throne of the Roman Empire in the time of the legitimate emperor Gallienus. ... The Augustan History (Lat. ...
Ingenuus was one of the many alternative claimants to the imperial purple with whom Gallienus had to deal in the course of his fifteen-year reign (253-268 A.D.).
A speedy march to Pannonia was followed by victory at Mursa in which the new cavalry arm distinguished itself and the valour of Aureolus commended itself to Gallienus.
[[7]] Ingenuus himself died, either in the rout, or as a suicide, to evade capture.
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