Saturninus (253-268)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the usurper against Emperor Gallienus who is mentioned in the Historia Augusta. For the Roman usurper against Emperor Probus, see Julius Saturninus.

from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum

Saturninus is mentioned in the Historia Augusta as a Roman usurper during the reign of emperor Gallienus (253-268). It is very probably a fictional construction by the author of the Historia Augusta.

He is a major character in William Shakespere's tragedy Titus Andronicus.^{[citation needed]}

Persondata
Name	Saturninus
Alternative names
Short description	Roman usurper
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.