Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus (also known as Tetricus II) was the son of
Tetricus I
Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was the emperor of the Gallic Empire from 271 to 274 AD. He was originally the (governor) of Gallia Aquitania and became emperor after the murder of Emperor Victorinus in 271, with the support of Victorinus's mother, ...
, Emperor of the
Gallic Empire (270/271-273/274).
In 273, he was raised to the rank of ''
Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, an ...
'', with the title of ''
princeps iuventutis'', and in January 274 he started his first
consul
Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throu ...
ship, together with his father. After the defeat and deposition of his father in the autumn of 274 by the Emperor Aurelian, he and his father appeared as prisoners in
Aurelian's
triumph
The Roman triumph (Latin triumphus) was a celebration for a victorious military commander in ancient Rome. For later imitations, in life or in art, see Trionfo. Numerous later uses of the term, up to the present, are derived directly or indirectl ...
, but the emperor spared their lives. According to some sources, Tetricus II also kept his senatorial rank.
Aurelius Victor
Sextus Aurelius Victor (c. 320 – c. 390) was a historian and politician of the Roman Empire. Victor was the author of a short history of imperial Rome, entitled ''De Caesaribus'' and covering the period from Augustus to Constantius II. The work ...
, ''Liber de Caesaribus'', 35.5.
References
External links
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Polfer, Michael, "Tetricus II (Caesar 273-274 AD)", ''De Imperatoribus Romanis''
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Gallic emperors
Thirty Tyrants (Roman)
3rd-century Romans
3rd-century monarchs in Europe
Imperial Roman consuls
Caesars (heirs apparent)
Tetrarchy
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