| Valerian II | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caesar of the Roman Empire | |||||
 Antoninianus of Valerian II | |||||
| Reign | 256–258 (as Caesar under Valerian and Gallienus)[1] | ||||
| Successor | Saloninus | ||||
| Died | 258[1] | ||||
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| Dynasty | Valerian | ||||
| Father | Gallienus | ||||
| Mother | Cornelia Salonina | ||||
Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus (died 258), also known as Valerian II, was the eldest son of Roman Emperor Gallienus and Augusta Cornelia Salonina who was of Greek origin[2][3] and grandson of the Emperor Valerian who was of a noble and traditional senatorial family.
- ^ a b Vagi 2000, p. 350.
- ^ Lissner, Ivar (1958). The Caesars: might and madness. Putnam. p. 291. OCLC 403811.
Gallienus' wife was a remarkably sensitive and cultured Greek woman named Cornelia Salonina who came from Bithynia
- ^ Bengtson, Hermann – Bloedow, Edmund Frederick (1988). History of Greece: from the beginnings to the Byzantine era. University of Ottawa Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-7766-0210-1.
The Empress Salonina, a Greek from Bithynia, took an avid part in the philhellenic efforts of the Emperor.
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