Trebonianus Gallus

Names:

• ±206: Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus
• June 251: Imperator Caesar Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus Augustus
• August 253: lynched by soldiers

Successor of: Decius and Hostilianus

Relatives:

• father: Gaius Vibius Veldumnianus
• wife: Afinia Gemina Baebinia
• children: Volusianus, Vibia Galla

Main deeds

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  c.206 Born in Perusia (?)
• Consul
• 250 Propraetor of Moesia Superior
• Summer 251 Accepted as emperor by the Roman troops after the death of Decius; Decius' son Hostilian and Trebonianus's son Volusian adopted as caesares; Hostilian succumbs to plague; Trebonian moves to Rome

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  252 Consul (with his son Volusianus); invasion by Visigoths and other tribes; Sasanian Persians attack Armenia and invade Mesopotamia
• 253 Insurrections of Uranius Antoninus in Emesa and Aemilianus in Moesia; Trebonianus killed by his soldiers when he was marching against Aemilianus
• Damnatio memoriae

Contemporary events

• Death of the Christian teacher Origen (253)

Succeeded by: Aemilianus