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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PMONNEY, post: 2843988, member: 82829&quot;][ATTACH=full]673587[/ATTACH] During the joint reign of Valerianus/Gallienus emperors, severals usurpers attempted to take over the imperial power. After the capture of Valerianus by the persians,, pursuant to a failed campaign against the Sassanids, Gallienus remained as sole emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fulvius Macrianus (senior), his prefect in the East arranged in 260 AD for his two sons Macrianus junior and Quietus, to be first appointed with the title of Augustus, then, to be proclaimed joint emperors by the Army.</p><p><br /></p><p>While Quietus remained in the East, Macrianus senior and his son Macrianus junior marched against Gallienus in the West and were eventually defeated and killed in Illyrium, 261 AD, by Gallienus&#039; lieutenant Aureolus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shortly thereafter,Quietus was himself killed in Emesa by Odeanatus prince of Palmyra in 261AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins of the two brother emperors are scarced, minted in base metal, struck essentially in the mint of Samosata (now in Turkey) and, also in Alexandria AE tetradrachms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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