Victoria (Roman Usurper)
Victoria (c.231 c.271), also known as Vitruvia, was a leader in the Roman breakaway realm known as the Gallic Empire in the late 3rd century. She was the mother of Victorinus, who ruled as Gallic Emperor until his assassination in 271. Afterwards, Victoria used her authority to stabilize the empire and select a successor. History Victoria is mentioned in Aurelius Victor's '' Liber de Caesaribus'', and in the account of the Thirty Tyrants in the unreliable ''Historia Augusta''. Nothing is known of her early life, though she must have been from a wealthy and distinguished Gallic family, which produced the emperor Victorinus, her son.''Liber de Caesaribus'' 33.12. See Bird, p. 34; 141. According to Aurelius Victor, after Victorinus was killed in a mutiny, Victoria stepped in, using her copious resources to buy the support of the legions. Thus she assured the ascension of her chosen candidate for emperor, Tetricus I, who was formerly the governor of Gallia Aquitania and speculated ...
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