Gaius Cassius Regallianus

Gaius Cassius Regallianus was in the year 202, together with Titus Murrenius Severus Suffektkonsul.

The Consul Regallianus and his counterpart Murennius Severus had been completely unknown up to the discovery of a published in 2001 military diploma. Especially Regallianus attracted the attention of scientists. Because except in a single case has not become known throughout the prosopography of the high imperial period so far the cognomen shelf ( l) ianus. In the case in which the cognomen is known, it carries one of the usurpers who revolted against Emperor Gallienus: Regalianus that rose in the Danube area against Gallienus in 260. Narrated the name on his coins in the form: PC REGALIANVS. The Gentil omen, only abbreviated with the letter C, is sometimes resolved with Cornelius, which is of course possible, but is not supported by anything.

Now a member of a consular family at the beginning of the 3rd century is known, which carries the rare cognomen Regallianus and its Gentil Omen also begins with C. Of course, C can stand for different Gentilizia. However, in combination with the cognomen Regallianus the probability of more than suggest that Regallianus / inferior was an ancestor of the later governor of Pannonia superior / inferior or Moesia superior, who had rebelled against Emperor Gallienus in 260. This is important, as it has been disputed whether the usurper as write the news of the Historia Augusta, only a gallant military commander was or a regular governor of senatorial rank.