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Postumus, on hearing of the Roman victory, fell on his sword.
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The prefect of Legio II Augusta, Poenius Postumus, stationed near Exeter, ignored the call, and a fourth legion, IX Hispana, had been routed trying to relieve Camulodunum, but nonetheless the governor was able to call on almost ten thousand men.
Postumus, a general in command of the troops on the banks of the Rhine, took possession of the booty which some raiders were carrying, after defeating them.
In 268, at some time before or soon after the battle of Naissus, Gallienus ' authority was challenged by Aureolus, commander of the cavalry stationed in Mediolanum ( Milan ), who was supposed to keep an eye on Postumus.
* Emperor Gallienus tries twice to crush the usurper Postumus, but on the first occasion Aureolus, commander of the elite cavalry, carelessly lets him escape.
* Postumus makes no move to march on Rome and claim his territory south of Gaul.
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus was born on June 26, 12 BC, the youngest of five children.
There has never been a clear consensus on why it happened, but in 9 AD, Augustus banished Postumus to the small island of Planasia.
The imperial heir Saloninus and the praetorian prefect Silvanus remained at Colonia Agrippina ( Cologne ), to keep the young heir out of danger and perhaps also as a control on Postumus ' ambitions.
Boudica poisoned herself, and Postumus, having denied his men a share in the victory, fell on his sword.
On the death of Vladislaus I at the Battle of Varna on 10 November 1444, the Hungarian estates, despite considerable opposition, elected Ladislaus Postumus as their king and sent a deputation to Vienna to induce Frederick to surrender the child and the Holy Crown, which he refused to do.
Most of these are not based on credible etymology, although the meanings assigned to Lucius, Manius, and Postumus are probably reasonable.
Amid the chaos of an invasion by the Alamanni and Franks, and spurred on by news of the defeat and capture of Valerian, the army in Gaul revolted and proclaimed Postumus emperor.
Saloninus, on the advice of his praetorian prefect Silvanus ( who had coordinated Roman policy in Gaul alongside Postumus ), demanded the transfer of the recovered booty to his residence at Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium.
Postumus represented himself as the restorer of Gaul ( Restitutor Galliarum ) and the bringer of security to the provinces ( Salus Provinciarum ) on some of his coins ; prior to 10 December, 261, he also took the title of Germanicus maximus, a title he earned after successfully defending Gaul against the Germans.
The city of Mediolanum would have been critical to Postumus if he planned to march on Rome.
Postumus began his fifth consulship on 1 January, 269, but the army, unhappy with Postumus ’ decision not to march on Rome in support of Aureolus, raised a usurper in early 269.
Although Postumus was able to quickly capture Mogontiacum and kill Laelianus, he was unable to control his own troops and they turned on him and killed him, since they were dissatisfied with him for not allowing them to sack the city of Mogontiacum.
During the end of its issue, when sestertii were reduced in size and quality, the double sestertius was issued first by Trajan Decius ( 249 – 251 AD ) and later in large quantity by the ruler of a breakaway regime in the West called Postumus ( 259 – 268 AD ), who often used worn old sestertii to overstrike his image and legends on.
In any event, Postumus ignored his invitation and Aureolus, unsupported by the Gallic usurper, was defeated by Gallienus in a battle on the River Adda east of Milan at a place known for centuries as Pontirolo ( from Latin Pons Aureoli i. e. ' The Bridge of Aureolus ').
It may have been sheer resentment at his demotion after the unsuccessful attack on Postumus combined with a belief that Gallienus's military policies had undermined the defences of Dacia and the Illyrian provinces.
Postumus and Roman
* Postumus Agrippa, grandson of Roman Emperor Augustus
* Postumus, Roman usurper, forms the Gallic Empire and protects the Rhine against an invasion of Germanic tribes.
Postumus besiege Cologne, where Silvanus is praetorian prefect and Roman ruler of Gaul.
* Postumus wins over all the Roman provinces west of the Alps, including Gaul, Britain and Hispania.
* Postumus, Roman emperor of the Gallic Empire
Although there is little clear contemporary account of him, virtually all Roman historians agree that Postumus was considered a rude and brutish sort ; Tacitus defended him, but his praise was slight: was the young, physically tough, indeed brutish, Agrippa Postumus.
Learning from previous mistakes, Ptolemy XII shifted popular resentment of tax increases from the king to a Roman, his main creditor Gaius Rabirius Postumus, whom he appointed Dioiketes ( minister of finance ).
Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus was a Roman emperor of Batavian origin.
Under the command of Postumus and Marcus Simplicinius Genialis, the Roman army crushed the Juthungi, and Postumus proceeded to distribute the captured spoils to the legions he commanded.
After having spent four years pushing the Franks out of Gaul, Postumus then recruited Frankish troops to fight against other Franks, probably dispersed within existing Roman army units.
* Marcus Atilius Postumus Bradua, a proconsul of the Asia Province under the Roman Emperor Domitian ( 81-96 )
Admittedly, if indeed he had deliberately let Postumus off the hook, he would have been very lucky to escape with his life under almost any other Roman Emperor rather than be rewarded with another significant command.
His father, Marcus Atilius Postumus Bradua, served as a proconsul of the Asia Province under the Roman Emperor Domitian ( 81-96 ).
** 260 – 274, Germanic usurper Postumus declares himself Emperor of the Gallic Empire including Roman Gaul, Roman Britain, Roman Spain and Germania.
Poenius Postumus was praefectus castrorum of the Roman Legion II Augusta, stationed in Britain during the rebellion of Boudica in 61 AD.
After the Roman administration collapsed in Gaul in the 260s, the armies under the Germanic Batavian Postumus revolted and proclaimed him emperor and then restored order.
Postumus and victory
By the end of 265, Postumus ' coins were proudly announcing his victory over Gallienus, and the festivities celebrating his quinquennalia continued into the following year.
who, however tainted by treason, had at least shown themselves as resolute defenders of the Empire in numerous wars against its barbaric foes, was of a different order to that enjoyed by Aureolus after his suspicious failure to finish off Postumus after his victory over the Macriani.
Postumus and fell
In this case, the decision whether to move the troops to help put down the rebellion fell to Postumus, implying that the legate and the senior tribune were unavailable, probably acting as members of Suetonius Paulinus's staff during the campaign on the island of Anglesey, which preceded the revolt.
Postumus and sword
Poenius Postumus, prefect of the 2nd legion, which had failed to join the battle, having robbed his men of a share of the glory, committed suicide by falling on his sword.
Postumus and .
From the marriage of Julia and Agrippa, Agrippina had four full-blood siblings: a sister Julia the Younger and three brothers: Gaius Caesar, Lucius Caesar and Agrippa Postumus.
Barbara Levick notes that Augustus had named his grandson Postumus Agrippa and his stepson Tiberius as joint heirs.
According to another view, Valerian's disaster and capture at the battle of Edessa was the trigger for the subsequent revolts of Ingenuus, Regalianus and Postumus.
First, he left his son Saloninus as Caesar at Cologne, under the supervision of Albanus ( or Silvanus ) and the military leadership of Postumus.
Postumus made a show of submission but, as expected, his soldiers mutinied and proclaimed him Emperor.
Under his command, they besieged Cologne and, after some weeks, the defenders of the city opened the gates and handed Saloninus and Silvanus to Postumus who had them killed.
After their death, Postumus claimed the consulship for himself and one of his associates, Honoratianus but, according to D. S.
Postumus was defeated and the pursuit was entrusted to Aureolus.
The latter deliberately allowed Postumus to escape and gather new forces.
Gallienus returned in 263 or 265 and, as even Historia Augusta admits, was entirely successful, finally besieging Postumus in an unnamed Gallic city ; however, during the siege, he was severely wounded by an arrow and had to leave the field.
In the aftermath of the battle, the rebellion of Postumus had already started, therefore Gallienus had no time to deal with the rest of the usurpers, namely Ballista and Quietus.
Instead, he acted as Postumus deputy until the very last days of his revolt, when he seems to have assumed the purple for himself.
In 259 a so-called Gallic Empire was established when Postumus rebelled against Gallienus.
In the decade following Valerian's capture by the Persians in 260, Postumus established a short-lived Gallic Empire, which included the Iberian Peninsula and Britannia, in addition to Gaul itself.
This marriage produced five children, three sons and two daughters: Gaius Caesar, Lucius Caesar, Julia the Younger, Agrippina the Elder, and Postumus Agrippa.
Augustus banished his grandson Postumus Agrippa to the small island of Planasia ( around 6 or 7 AD ), and Tiberius was recalled to Rome and officially adopted by Augustus.
* Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus, son of Julia the Elder and grandson of Augustus ( d. AD 14 )
At the same time, Agrippa Postumus, the last son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, is also adopted and named as Augustus ' heir.
* Augustus banishes Agrippa Postumus, one of his adopted sons, to the island of Planasia.
* Postumus revolts against Gallienus in Gaul.
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