Victorinus

Reign

Bronze double denarius of the Gallic Roman emperor Victorinus (269–271) found at U Thong, Thailand and later donated to the U Thong National Museum. Hailing from Gaul, Victorinus was born into a Gallic family of great wealth, It is also possible that Postumus then elevated him to the post of praetorian prefect. Shortly after putting down a rebellion by Laelianus in 269, Postumus was murdered by his own troops, who appointed Marius as emperor in his place. There is evidence to suggest that Claudius was having some difficulties in the East, which also occupied his attention. by Attitianus, one of his officers, whose wife Victorinus had supposedly seduced. Since the motive was personal and not political,

Victorinus is listed among the Thirty Tyrants in the Historia Augusta. The dubious Historia Augusta equally has a short description of Victorinus Junior, allegedly the son of Victorinus, who was appointed emperor by his family the day his father was murdered, and would have been killed immediately afterwards by the troops. The Historia Augusta also says that both father and son were buried near Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in marble tombs.