Regalianus (died 260) had been made general by emperor Valerian and like many others of his rank he was proclaimed Roman emperor in 260 after the capture and execution of Valerian by the Sasanid Persians. He was a senator and was married to Sulpicia Dryantilla.
There is some evidence that he was involved in the revolt of Ingenuus but others see him acting independently. His power was centered at Carnuntum, a garrison town on the upper Danube and coins have been found bearing his name.
A few anecdotes survive about this man, in the brief biographical sketch of him given in the Book on Thirty Tyrants in the Historia Augusta: it is stated for example that he was raised to the throne because of his name (Rex, Regis, Regi, Regalianus); when his soldiers heard this jest they greeted Regalianus as their emperor.
Antoninianus issued by Sulpicia Dryantilla, wife of Regalianus and daughter of one officer of Caracalla's.
Regalianus (died 260) was a Roman usurper, made general by emperor Valerian and, like many others of his rank, proclaimed Roman emperor in 260 after the capture and execution of Valerian by Shapur I of Persia.
He was a senator and general in command of Illyricum, and was married to Sulpicia Dryantilla.
Regalianus (died 260) had been made general by emperor Valerian and like many others of his rank he was proclaimed Roman emperor in 260 after the capture and execution of Valerian by the Sasanid Persians.
His power was centered at Carnuntum, a garrison town on the upper Danube and coins have been found bearing his name.
After the defeat of Ingenuus by Roman emperorGallienus, Regalianus' supporters panicked and killed him.
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