Publica Licinia Julia Cornelia Salonina (died 268,

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) was an '' Augusta'' of the Roman Empire, married to Roman Emperor

Gallienus Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empi ...

and mother of Valerian II,

Saloninus Publius Licinius Cornelius Saloninus Valerianus (died 260), typically just called Saloninus, was a Roman nobleman who briefly became Emperor in 260. The grandson of Valerian I, Saloninus was appointed (subordinate) Caesar in 258 in an attempt ...

, and

Marinianus Marinianus (c. 249268) was Roman consul in 268 AD. He has been speculated to be the cousin, son or nephew of Roman Emperor Gallienus. Life Gallienus appointed him together with Paternus as consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consul ...

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Julia Cornelia Salonina's origin is unknown. One modern theory is that she was born of

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origin in

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, then part of the province of

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. However, there exists some scepticism on that. She married Gallienus about ten years before his accession to the throne. When her husband became joint-emperor with his father Valerian in 253, Cornelia Salonina was named ''Augusta''. Cornelia was the mother of three princes, Valerian II,

and

. Her fate after Gallienus was murdered during the siege of

in 268 is unknown. One theory is that her life was spared; another is that she was executed together with other members of her family, at the orders of the Senate of Rome.Alaric Watson, ''Aurelian and the Third Century'', (Oxford: Routledge, 1999) , p. 41 Her name is reported on coins with Latin legend as ''Cornelia Salonina''; however, from the Greek coinage come the names ''Iulia Cornelia Salonina'', ''Publia Licinia Cornelia Salonina'', and ''Salonina Chrysogona'' (attribute that means "begotten of gold").

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* Bray, John. ''Gallienus : A Study in Reformist and Sexual Politics'', Wakefield Press, Kent Town, 1997,
"Salonina", ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities'', edited William Smith (1870).

* "Dictionary of Roman Coins", by Seth William Stevenson (1889).

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