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Saturninus (253–268)

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Saturninus from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum

Saturninus is mentioned in the Historia Augusta as a Roman usurper during the reign of emperor Gallienus (253-268). It is very probably a fictional construction by the author of the Historia Augusta.

Sources

  • "Saturninus". Historia Augusta.
  • Körner, Christian. "Usurpers under Gallienus". De Imperatoribus Romanis.