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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1056156, member: 19463&quot;]Following the capture of his father Valerian by the Persians, Gallienus was unable to cope with the wars on two fronts and Postumus established a separate Empire consisting of Gaul, Spain, Germany and Britain.&nbsp; He never was really a Roman Emperor.&nbsp; This separate Empire lasted longer than Postumus (who was killed by his own troops) until Aurelian reunited it 15 years later when Tetricus surrendered.&nbsp; I suspect it would be a really interesting period of history were it not for the fact that rather little was written down during those years and there is a lot about it that we just don&#039;t know.&nbsp; Coins are a major source of information on the period.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_Empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_Empire" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_Empire</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What came from all this was the eventual realization that it was too much for one man to rule the huge empire.&nbsp; After a few really good attempts by strong rulers like Aurelian and Probus, Diocletian formally split the empire into two halves each with separate leadership.&nbsp; While the halves were joined a couple more times under really strong men, this eventually led to the fall of the West and the development of the East into what we now call the Byzantine Empire.&nbsp; There were many usurpers in Roman history but Postumus was the most successful.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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