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Gaius Vibius Volusianus (d. August, 253) was a Roman emperor (251 - 253). Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Tetradrachm_Volusianus-_antioch_AR4Drachm_Prieur_704A.jpg Volusianus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Syria. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Tetradrachm_Volusianus-_antioch_AR4Drachm_Prieur_704A.jpg Volusianus AR Tetradrachm of Antioch, Syria. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... For the book see 253 (book). ... Jump to: navigation, search Roman Emperor is the title historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Events July 1 – In the Battle of Abrittus, the Goths defeat the Romans and Goths; emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed. ... For the book see 253 (book). ...


He was son to Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus by his wife Afinia Gemina Baebiana. He is known to have had a sister, Vibia Galla. Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus (206 - August, 253), was Roman emperor from 251 to 253, in a joint rule with his son Volusianus. ...


The death of Decius in late June, 251 led to Trebonianus Gallus' elevation to the throne. Gallus adopted Decius' son Hostilian and made him co-ruler. Volusianus was named Caesar. In July 251 Hostilian died of the plague and Volusianus replaced him as Augustus and co-ruler. Jump to: navigation, search Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius (201- July 1, 251), Roman emperor (249 - 251) was born at Budalia near Sirmium in lower Pannonia. ... Jump to: navigation, search June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno (mythology), wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... Events July 1 – In the Battle of Abrittus, the Goths defeat the Romans and Goths; emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus are killed. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hostilian celebrating Securitas, the security of the Roman Empire. ... Caesar (p. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search Plague is usually understood as a generic term for Bubonic plague, the mortal disease caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis, which is spread by fleas from rats and some species of mice to human beings. ...


Father and son were both killed in A.D. 253 by mutinous troops. For the book see 253 (book). ...


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231–253
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Trebonianus Gallus (811 words)
He married Afinia Gemina Baebiana and had two children with her, a son Gaius Vibius Volusianus and a daughter Vibia Galla.
Gallus then elevated his son Volusianus to the position of co-emperor.
In an effort to prevent Aemilianus from reaching Italy, Gallus and Volusianus gathered an army and marched north.
CHURCH FATHERS: Letter 136 (St. Augustine) (567 words)
The noble Volusianus read to me the letter of your Holiness, and, at my urgent solicitation, he read to many more the sentences which had won my admiration, for, like everything else coming from your pen, they were worthy of admiration.
The noble Volusianus aforesaid declared also in the presence of a number, that there were many other things which might not unreasonably be added to the question which he has sent, were it not that, as I have already stated, brevity had been specially studied by him in his letter.
Volusianus thinks that all these difficulties may be added to the question formerly stated, especially because it is manifest (though he is silent on this point) that very great calamities have befallen the commonwealth under the government of emperors observing, for the most part, the Christian religion.
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