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Tetricus II

Roman caesar from 273 to 274

Summary

Roman caesar from 273 to 274

Field	Value
name	Tetricus II
full name	Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus
image	Tetricus II. - Münzkabinett, Berlin - 5541240 (obverse).jpg
caption	Aureus of Tetricus II
Inscription: C. P. ESV. TETRICVS CAES.
reign	273–274 (as Caesar)
predecessor	Tetricus I
place of burial
title	Caesar of the Gallic Empire

Inscription: C. P. ESV. TETRICVS CAES.

Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus, better known as Tetricus II, was the son and heir of Tetricus I, emperor of the Gallic Empire from 271 to 274 AD.

In 273, he was given the title of Caesar alongside that of princeps iuventutis, and in January 274 he started his first consulship, together with his father.

After the defeat and deposition of his father in the autumn of 274 by the Emperor Aurelian, he and his father appeared as prisoners in Aurelian's triumph, but the emperor spared their lives. According to some sources, Tetricus II also kept his senatorial rank.

References

According to König (I. König, ''Die gallischen Usurpatoren von Postumus bis Tetricus'', München 1981, p. 158ff.), the elevation to ''Caesar'' is to be placed in 271 or 272. Drinkwater (J. F. Drinkwater, ''The Gallic Empire. Separatism and Continuity in the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire A.D. 260-274'', Stuttgart, 1987) has provided good reasons to support 273 as the year of elevation.
[[Eutropius (historian). Eutropius]], ''Breviarium'', 9.13.2.
[[Aurelius Victor]], ''Liber de Caesaribus'', 35.5.

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