Titus Flavius Genialis (

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

: ''T. Flavius Genialis'') was Praetorian prefect with Tullius Crispinus in 193 AD. He was appointed by

Didius Julianus Marcus Didius Julianus (; 29 January 133 or 137 – 2 June 193) was Roman emperor for nine weeks from March to June 193, during the Year of the Five Emperors. Julianus had a promising political career, governing several provinces, including Da ...

, who had just bought the throne from the Guard. Even in the face of Julianus' rapidly deteriorating political position, Genialis remained utterly loyal. However, he could not prevent the Senate from condemning or executing Julianus as they did on behalf of

Septimius Severus Lucius Septimius Severus (; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary suc ...

who succeeded Julianus as Emperor of Rome. In 185, Genialis appears to have been ''tribunus cohortis'', or commander, of a presumably praetorian cohort. Dessau, Hermann (1897). ''Prosopographia Imperii Romani Saec I. II. III pars II.'' Berlin. p.68

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* '' Historia Augusta'', ''Life of Didius Julianus'' * Matthew Bunson, ''Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire'', p. 238 2nd-century Romans Praetorian prefects Flavii {{AncientRome-bio-stub