Ingenuus
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| Usurper of the Roman Empire | |||||||||
 Ingenuus from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum | |||||||||
| Reign | 260[1] | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Valerian | ||||||||
| Successor | Gallienus | ||||||||
| Died | 260 Mursa Major, Pannonia Inferior | ||||||||
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Ingenuus was a
Sarmatian invasion and securing the Pannonian border, at least temporarily. Ingenuus had also been charged with the military education of Caesar Cornelius Licinius Valerianus, the young son of Emperor Gallienus, but after the boy's death in 258, his position became perilous.[3]
A well-liked and admired commander,
Ingenuus died after the battle by drowning himself in a nearby river to avoid capture. [5]
Notes
References
- Leadbetter, William (1998). "Ingenuus (260 A.D.)". De Imperatoribus Romanis. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
- Jones, A.H.M.; Martindale, J.R. (1987). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol. I: AD260-395. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 490356338.
- Peachin, Michael (1990). Roman imperial titulature and chronology, A.D. 235-284. Amsterdam: Gieben. OCLC 21388903. Retrieved 2010-12-25.