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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25325840, member: 101855&quot;][ATTACH=full]1618876[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninianus of Volusian, Obverse: IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG “Emperor caesar Gaius Vibius Volusianus&nbsp; augustus.” Reverse: P M TR P IIII COS II Volusian, togate standing, sacrificing from a patera over a tripod altar, holding a short scepter. Sear 9763</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the history bullets from my notebook:</p><p><br /></p><p>· Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallas Vendumnianus Volusianus was the son of Trebonianus Gallas and Baebiana. Soon after his father came to power, Volusian was given the junior rank of caesar. The rank of co-emperor went to Hostilian who was the surviving son of Trajan Decias.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Hostilian died of the plague three or four months after he became emperor. Upon his death, Volusian was promoted to co-emperor. This probably averted a violent confrontation between the two young men.</p><p><br /></p><p>· During the co reigns of Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian, the Goths and Sassanids invaded the Roman Empire. Both co-emperors chose to stay in Rome rather confront the invaders themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>· The Sassanids overran Mesopotamia and defeated the Romans at the battle of Barbalissos in the province of Euphratenis which is modern day Syria. They advanced as far as Antioch and captured the city after a siege.</p><p><br /></p><p>· The Goths invaded Moesia Inferior. The new governor, Aemilian, refused to pay tribute to them. The Goths split into two bands. One attacked the cities of Moesia Inferior and Thracia while the other crossed into Asia Minor as far as Ephesus.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Aemilian repelled the Goths killing many of them in the process. His forces forced them back across the Danube.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Aemilian’s soldiers declared him emperor in opposition to Trebonianus Gallus and Volusian. They began to march on Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>· The future emperor, Valerian, who was defending Rome along the Rhine, heard about Aemilian’s advance and sent troops to aid the emperors, but they did not reach Rome on time.</p><p><br /></p><p>· The emperors mustered what troops they could and prepared to defend the city. Noting the size of Aemilian’s forces, the troops turned on the emperors and killed them. This turn of events occurred in less than two years.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hostoillian who died of the plague. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1618877[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninianus of Hostilian, Obverse: C VALENS HOSTIL MES QVINTVS N C, “Gainus Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus noble caesar.” (Nobilissimus Caesar) (Reverse: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, “The prince of the youth.” Hostilian in military dress holding a standard and resting on a spear. Sear 9561</p><p><br /></p><p>· Gainus Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus was the younger son of Trajan Decius and Herennia Etruscilla. When Trajan Decius and Herennius Etruscus left to fight the Goths, Hostilian was left in Rome. After they were killed in battle, Hostilian was the last surviving male member of the imperial family.</p><p><br /></p><p>· The new emperor, Trebonianus Gallus, raised Hostilian to the rank of augustus and emperor, leaving his son, Volusian with the lesser rank of caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Hostilian caught and died of the plague which was raging through Rome. Volusian replaced him as c0-emperor. Had this not happened, there might well have been a violent confrontation between the two young men.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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