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Gallienus

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[gal-ee-ee-nuhs] / ˌgæl iˈi nəs /

noun

  1. Publius Licinius Egnatius, died a.d. 268, emperor of Rome 253–268 (son of Valerian).


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The first of these emperors was Claudius, one of the generals of Gallienus, and was fifty-four years of age when invested with the purple.

From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord

Especially under Gallienus and Claudius, and during these nearly four years of Aurelian, have we enjoyed our faith and our worship with none to alarm or oppress us.

From Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century by William Ware

The pale horse designates the famine and dreadful pestilence under Gallienus.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by George Gilfillan

Gallienus sent forth a law by which the Christians, for the first time, got the liberty of serving God without the risk of being persecuted.

From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by James Craigie Robertson

Ay, more than a century ago it looked as if the Persians and Germans under Gallienus would flood the Eastern and the Western Empire.

From A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn

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