Egnatia Mariniana

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Egnatia Mariniana
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Sestertius of Mariniana
Spouse Valerian
Children Gallienus
Father Lucius Egnatius Victor

Egnatia Mariniana (fl. c. early 200s CE) was probably the wife of Roman Emperor Valerian and mother of Emperor Gallienus. [1] [2] She died before Valerian's ascension to the throne in 253. [2]

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Life

After Valerian became emperor, he had his late wife deified, and created commemorative coins bearing her image. [2] [3] Several coins bearing the legend DIVAE MARINIANAE date back to the beginning of the reign of Valerian and Gallienus. [2]

Previously it had been assumed that Egnatius Victor Marinianus, legatus, at different times, of Arabia Petraea and Moesia Superior, was the father of Mariniana. More recently however, it has been postulated that she was the daughter of Lucius Egnatius Victor, suffect consul before 207, and therefore Egnatius Victor Marinianus' sister. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Mennen, Inge (2011-04-26). Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284. BRILL. ISBN   978-90-04-21192-6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kulikowski, Michael (2016-11-28). The Triumph of Empire: The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine. Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0-674-97425-8.
  3. ↑ Burns, Jasper (2006-11-22). Great Women of Imperial Rome: Mothers and Wives of the Caesars. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-134-13184-6.
  4. ↑ Mennen, pg. 102

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