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3rd century Roman imperial usurper (likely fictional) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Victorinus Junior
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Victorinus Junior (supposedly died 271) was a fictional[1] usurper who was claimed to have risen up against the Roman Emperor Aurelian, according to the Historia Augusta. He is included in the list of the Thirty Tyrants.

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Victorinus Junior from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum"

According to the often unreliable chapter describing the Thirty Tyrants, the Emperor of the Gallic Empire Victorinus had a son called Victorinus who was proclaimed Caesar by his father or grandmother (Victoria) just before Victorinus senior's death, but was himself killed by his soldiers alongside his father.[2]

There is no evidence that this son existed or, if he did, that he was made Augustus.

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