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<p>[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 4678394, member: 80783"]I think it is most likely that Hostilian was raised to the purple by the Roman Senate who had Herennius Etruscus consecrated as soon as the older brother´s death became known in Rome, by public demand, and not by order of Gallus, whoose claim to the throne might not even have been known in the capital by then.</p><p>There is no proof that Trajan Decius himself was also consecrated, so the news of the prince´s heroic death might have reached the capital before that of his father (we do not know if Herennius fell at Abritus just hours before Decius did, or up to a week before during the skirmishes that led to that battle).</p><p>In any case the Senate likely went ahead with the orderly succession as it could hardly have known about Gallus´ imperial plans until days or weeks later.</p><p>The Senate also certainly did not anticipate that Gallus would revoke the contemporaneous deification of Herennius a couple of months later and impose damnatio memoriae upon him and his father.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Kienast, there are no references that Hostilian ever had a sister or that she was married to Volusian, by the way. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Sestertius of Hostilian as Augustus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1152073[/ATTACH]</p><p> IMP CAE C VAL HOS MES QVINTVS AVG - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian right</p><p>SECVRITAS AVGG S C - Securitas standing facing, looking right, her legs crossed, placing right hand on head and resting left arm on column.</p><p>14,69 gr / 28,37 mm</p><p>Sestertius, Rome June-August 251</p><p>RIC (Decius) 225; Hunter p. 254, 3 and plate 81; Cohen 60; Sear 9593; Banti 15 (7 specimens)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 4678394, member: 80783"]I think it is most likely that Hostilian was raised to the purple by the Roman Senate who had Herennius Etruscus consecrated as soon as the older brother´s death became known in Rome, by public demand, and not by order of Gallus, whoose claim to the throne might not even have been known in the capital by then. There is no proof that Trajan Decius himself was also consecrated, so the news of the prince´s heroic death might have reached the capital before that of his father (we do not know if Herennius fell at Abritus just hours before Decius did, or up to a week before during the skirmishes that led to that battle). In any case the Senate likely went ahead with the orderly succession as it could hardly have known about Gallus´ imperial plans until days or weeks later. The Senate also certainly did not anticipate that Gallus would revoke the contemporaneous deification of Herennius a couple of months later and impose damnatio memoriae upon him and his father. According to Kienast, there are no references that Hostilian ever had a sister or that she was married to Volusian, by the way. Here is my Sestertius of Hostilian as Augustus: [ATTACH=full]1152073[/ATTACH] IMP CAE C VAL HOS MES QVINTVS AVG - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hostilian right SECVRITAS AVGG S C - Securitas standing facing, looking right, her legs crossed, placing right hand on head and resting left arm on column. 14,69 gr / 28,37 mm Sestertius, Rome June-August 251 RIC (Decius) 225; Hunter p. 254, 3 and plate 81; Cohen 60; Sear 9593; Banti 15 (7 specimens)[/QUOTE]
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