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  Trebonianus Gallus
He married Afinia Gemina Baebiana and had two children with her, a son Gaius Vibius Volusianus and a daughter Vibia Galla.
Gallus then elevated his son Volusianus to the position of co-emperor.
In an effort to prevent Aemilianus from reaching Italy, Gallus and Volusianus gathered an army and marched north.
www.roman-emperors.org /trebgall.htm   (811 words)

  
  CHURCH FATHERS: Letter 136 (St. Augustine)
The noble Volusianus read to me the letter of your Holiness, and, at my urgent solicitation, he read to many more the sentences which had won my admiration, for, like everything else coming from your pen, they were worthy of admiration.
The noble Volusianus aforesaid declared also in the presence of a number, that there were many other things which might not unreasonably be added to the question which he has sent, were it not that, as I have already stated, brevity had been specially studied by him in his letter.
Volusianus thinks that all these difficulties may be added to the question formerly stated, especially because it is manifest (though he is silent on this point) that very great calamities have befallen the commonwealth under the government of emperors observing, for the most part, the Christian religion.
www.newadvent.org /fathers/1102136.htm   (567 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1281 (v. 3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
VOLUSIANUS, the son of the emperor Tre- bonianus Gallus, upon whose elevation in a.
As far as we can gather from the scanty notices of historians, his character resembled that of his father, along with whom he perished at Interamna in a.
[gallus tre- bonianus.] The names borne by this prince, as collected from medals and descriptions, appear to have been C. vibius volusianus trebonianus asinius gallus veldumnianus or vendum- nianus (Aurel.
www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3615.html   (708 words)

  
 Volusianus - Wikipedia
Volusianus werd door zijn vader tot medekeizer verheven na dood van Hostilianus aan de pokken in juli 251.
Gallus en Volusianus probeerden hem nog te stoppen met een inderhaast geformeerd leger, maar toen dat leger hoorde dat Aemilianus al zeer dichtbij was muitte het en vermoordde het de twee keizers.
Deze pagina is het laatst bewerkt op 26 sep 2006 om 10:15.
nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Volusianus   (219 words)

  
 Trebonianus Gallus
Though Gallus' son Gaius Vibius Volusianus was duly given the title of Caesar.
Shortly after Hostilianus died and Volusianus was elevated to co-Augustus in his place.
Gallus' reign should suffer from a series of disasters, worst of which was a terrible plague which ravaged the empire for over a decade.
www.roman-empire.net /decline/trebonianus.html   (615 words)

  
 Letters CXXX To CXXXVII (Including Letters To Proba & Volusianus)
O man who art a pattern of goodness and uprightness, you ask me to apply to you for instruction in regard to some of the obscure passages which occur in my reading.
(A.D. The noble Volusianus read to me the letter of your Holiness, and, at my urgent solicitation, he read to many more the sentences which had won my admiration, for, like everything else coming from your pen, they were worthy of admiration.
Volusianus thinks that all these difficulties may be added to the question formerly stated, especially because it is manifest (though he is silent on this point) that very great calamities have befallen the commonwealth under the government of emperors observing, for the most part, the Christian religion.3
www.coptnet.com /Fathers/10/v10p22.htm   (8890 words)

  
 Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. VIII
And this Volusianus, having heard the emperor's command, immediately departed, and came to Pilate, as he had been commanded.
Pilate, hearing this, was very much afraid, knowing that through envy he had caused Him to be put to death.
Volusianus therefore came with Veronica to Rome, and said to Tiberius the emperor: Jesus, whom thou hast been longing for, Pilate and the Jews have delivered to an unjust death, and have through envy affixed to the gibbet of the cross.
www.godrules.net /library/fathers/anf08s84.htm   (876 words)

  
 Cambridgeshire Churches
This forest belonged to a certain nobleman called Volusianus, and he asked the bishop for his help.
He was then able to tie his stole around its neck and then - in what strikes me as an act of singular bad faith with the poor dragon - led it into the sea, where it either was swallowed or dissolved, depending on whether you trust my French or Google's.
Volusianus was so impressed that he gave Cerisy to Vigor, where he founded his monastery.
www.druidic.org /camchurch/churches/fulbournevigor.htm   (580 words)

  
 Augustine, City of God (introduction)
Rufius Antonius Agrypnius Volusianus, sometime proconsul of Africa, later to be Prefect of the City of Rome and Praetorian Prefect for Italy, scion of a venerable family, was not quite a Christian.
It is conventional to say flatly that Volusianus was a pagan; it is true that he received baptism only on his deathbed in 437 in Constantinople, and then at the pressing instance of Melania; from the clearly pagan side, Rutilius Namatianus was a friend and spoke fondly of him.
It is not likely he would speak so harshly if Volusianus were the target of his words; but there must have been others, Christian in name whose doubts and hesitations were the real source of unease that made A.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /jod/augustine/civ.html   (8661 words)

  
 Detail Page
To cement Gallus's claim to the throne, Volusianus wed the daughter of the deceased Emperor Decius, and in 253 Volusianus became Augustus or co-emperor.
When Aemilian, governor of Moesia Inferior, revolted and marched on Italy, he convinced the outnumbered troops of Gallus to murder their master.
"Volusianus, Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus." Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire.
www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME1888   (86 words)

  
 Volusianus - susning.nu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Volusianus (Gaius Vibius Volusianus) utsågs till romersk kejsare av sin far Trebonianus Gallus, som också hade upphöjt kejsar Decius' son Hostilianus till denna ärofulla men högst riskabla position.
Volusianus och Gallus fick omdelbart problem, en pest i Rom (varav Hostilianus dog) och strider mot både goter och perser, som invaderade romerskt område från varsitt håll.
Aemilianus hade upphöjts till kejsare av sina trupper och marscherade nu mot Rom, varpå Volusianus och Gallus dödades av sin egna soldater.
susning.nu /Volusianus   (108 words)

  
 CHURCH FATHERS: The Death of Pilate
I shall therefore set out with you, and shall carry the picture to be seen by Cæsar, and shall come back again.
Volusianus therefore came with Veronica to Rome, and said to Tiberius the emperor: Jesus, whom you have been longing for, Pilate and the Jews have delivered to an unjust death, and have through envy affixed to the gibbet of the cross.
There has therefore come with me a certain matron, bringing a picture of Jesus himself; and if you will devoutly look upon it, you shall immediately obtain the benefit of your health.
www.newadvent.org /fathers/0812.htm   (962 words)

  
 The Chronography of 354 AD. Part 13: Bishops of Rome.  MGH Chronica Minora I (1892), pp.73-6.
He was in the times of Gallus and Volusianus until Valerian for the 3rd time and Gallienus for the 2nd [255].
He was in the times of Valerian and Gallienus, from the consulate of Volusianus and Maximus [253] to that of Valerian for the 3rd time and Gallienus for the 2nd [255].
He was in the time of Constantine, from the consulate of Volusianus and Annianus [314] from the day before the kalends of february, to the kalends of January, Constantius and Albinus being consuls.
www.tertullian.org /fathers/chronography_of_354_13_bishops_of_rome.htm   (2084 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Ceionius Rufius Volusianus": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
notably Vettius Agorius Praetextatus and Ceionius Rufius Volusianus, former prefect of Rome, later the praetorian prefect Nicomachus Flavianus, on whom an anonymous rhyming pamphlet (the Carmen contra paganos)...
Early in the century, on the inscribed base of a commemorative statue erected by the Senate, C. Ceionius Rufius Volusianus, urban prefect of Rome and consul in 3 14, had his consulship dated not by reference to the emperor Constantine's...
The father of the native whose own life is somehow reflected in the nativity of the son, C. Ceionius Rufius Volusianus, was consul in 311 and again in 314.
www.amazon.com /phrase/Ceionius-Rufius-Volusianus   (600 words)

  
 Apuleius, Golden Ass
However old the book might be, it is a hot topic among literature and classics students, generating a sub-industry of commentary and study in itself.
Because Apuleius himself is a very controversial figure who appears in the letters of St Augustine to Volusianus and Marcellinus as a threat to the new Christian faith as they found him comparable to Christ.
Apuleius was an devotee of Isis and initiated into the secret mysteries of Osiris, a renown student of Plato, of ancient mystery cults and of Asclepius.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/16568/108039   (530 words)

  
 Northvegr - Jordane's Origins and Deeds of the Goths
At this time a destructive plague, almost like death itself, such as we suffered nine years ago, blighted the face of the whole earth and especially devastated Alexandria and all the land of Egypt.
(106) Now though Gallus and Volusianus, the Emperors we have mentioned, departed this life after remaining in power for barely two years, yet during this space of two years which they spent on earth they reigned amid universal peace and favor.
Only one thing was laid to their charge, namely the great plague.
www.northvegr.org /lore/jgoth/010.php   (1196 words)

  
 Late Roman Timeline 250 AD - 550 AD
He elevates his son Gaius Vibius Volusianus to the position of co-emperor and probably ends the rule of Priscus in the East around this time.
Aemilianus then enters Italy before Gallus can stop him; Gallus and Volusianus are killed at Forum Flaminii (in August) by their remaining troops, who defect to Aemilianus.
Aemilianus is in turn killed by his troops who defect to Valerian.
www.fectio.org.uk /articles/timeline3rd.htm   (1634 words)

  
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OMNICOIN.COM :: World Coin Community :: Silver 'Antoninianus' of Volusian (Caius Vibius Gallus Vendumnianus Volusianus).
Silver 'Antoninianus' of Volusian (Caius Vibius Gallus Vendumnianus Volusianus).
This coin alludes to him as Augustus, therefore must have been issued in 252 or 253.
www.omnicoin.com /coin_view_enlarge.aspx?id=899700   (50 words)

  
 NPNF1-01. The Confessions and Letters of St. Augustin, with a Sketch of his Life and Work | Christian Classics Ethereal ...
The Confessions and Letters of St. Augustin, with a Sketch of his Life and Work
To Volusianus, My Noble Lord and Most Justly Distinguished Son, Bishop Augustin Sends Greeting in the Lord.
In my desire for your welfare, both in this world and in Christ, I am perhaps not even surpassed by the prayers of your pious mother.
www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/npnf101.vii.1.CXXXII.html   (248 words)

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