Marcus Simplicinius Genialis was a Roman governor and military leader during the third century CE. He was the governor of

Raetia Raetia ( ; ; also spelled Rhaetia) was a province of the Roman Empire, named after the Rhaetian people. It bordered on the west with the country of the Helvetii, on the east with Noricum, on the north with Vindelicia, on the south-west ...

in 260 when he defected to the Gallic Empire and brought the province under the rule of

Postumus Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus was a Roman commander of Batavian origin, who ruled as Emperor of the splinter state of the Roman Empire known to modern historians as the Gallic Empire. The Roman army in Gaul threw off its allegiance to Ga ...

. He erected the

Augsburg Victory Altar The Augsburg Victory Altar (german: Augsburger Siegesaltar) is the name given to a Roman altar of the victory goddess Victoria (mythology), Victoria, which was set up on the occasion of the victory of a Roman army over the tribe of the Juthungi ne ...

in 260 to commemorate the victory over the Semnones.

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3rd-century Romans Roman governors of Raetia {{AncientRome-politician-stub