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Roman Imperial Magnentius (350-353), Maiorina 351-352, Rome mint Obverse: bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, A behind bust DN MAGNENTIVS P F AVG Reverse: two Victories holding wreath inscribed VOT-V-MVLT-X on a supporting column, RQ in exergue VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE Diameter 21 mm, weight 4.98 g Rzadka maiorina Magnencjusza bita w ...
Magnentius. Decentius. Flavius Magnus Magnentius, though of German stock, was born at Samarobriva of a British father and a Frankish mother. He was married to Justina, who in later years married the Emperor Valentinian I after the death of her first husband.
The Battle of Mursa was fought on 28 September 351 between the eastern Roman armies led by the Emperor Constantius II and the western forces supporting the usurper Magnentius. It took place at Mursa, near the Via Militaris in the province of Pannonia (modern Osijek, Croatia). The battle, one of the bloodiest in Roman history, was a pyrrhic ...
Nov 9, 2022 · Magnentius. Introduction: Magnus Magnentius was a Roman general and usurper against Constantius II from 350 to 353. Of Germanic descent, Magnentius served with distinction in Gaul under the Western emperor Constans. On 18 January 350 Magnentius was acclaimed Augustus. Quickly killing the unpopular Constans, Magnentius gained control over most ...
Monetary Reform of352-353 AD. Following his evacuation from Italy in the autumn of 352 AD, Magnentius undertook a coinage reform whereby the billon maiorina was superseded by a double denomination, which, however, had little or no silver content. Rather than being an improvement, this was a retrograde step and was symptomatic of the financial ...
On 18 January 350 Magnentius was acclaimed Augustus. Quickly killing the unpopular Constans, Magnentius gained control over most of the Western Empire. The Eastern emperor Constantius II, the brother of Constans, refused to acknowledge Magnentius' legitimacy and led a successful campaign against Magnentius in the Roman civil war of 350–353.
May 31, 2020 · The third individual to have served a second term as prefect under Magnentius, L. Aradius Valerius Proculus Populonius (in office 18 December 351–9 September 352) had previously held the prefecture from 10 March 337 until 13 January 338, after a distinguished career that had seen him holding various governorships and honoured with various ...
