Egnatius Victor Marinianus
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Egnatius Victor Marinianus (fl. 3rd century) was a
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military officer and senator.


Biography

Egnatius Marinianus was a member of the third century ''gens Egnatia'', and it has been speculated that he was the son of Lucius Egnatius Victor, ''consul suffectus'' before 207. Sometime before 230 he was the ''
legatus Augusti pro praetore A ''legatus Augusti pro praetore'' (literally: "envoy of the emperor – acting for the praetor") was the official title of the governor or general of some Imperial provincess of the Roman Empire during the Principate era, normally the larger ones ...
'' (or imperial governor) of the
province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Arabia Petraea Arabia Petraea or Petrea, also known as Rome's Arabian Province ( la, Provincia Arabia; ar, العربية البترائية; grc, Ἐπαρχία Πετραίας Ἀραβίας) or simply Arabia, was a frontier province of the Roman Emp ...
. He was eventually appointed ''
consul suffectus A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politic ...
'' in a '' nundinium'' around 230. Then sometime after this he again filled the office of ''legatus Augusti pro praetore'', this time in Moesia Superior. Previously it had been speculated that Egnatius Marinianus was the father of
Egnatia Mariniana Egnatia Mariniana was probably the wife of Roman Emperor Valerian and mother of Emperor Gallienus. Life Several coins bearing the legend DIVAE MARINIANAE date back to the beginning of the reign of Valerian and Gallienus. She died before Valeria ...
, who was the wife of Valerian and mother of
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 ...
. However, it is now believed that he was probably her brother.Mennen, pg. 102


Sources

* Mennen, Inge, ''Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'' (2011)


References

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