Postumus the Younger

Postumus II († 269) was supposed to co-emperor of the Gallic Empire.

Postumus II is said to have been the son of the same name Postumus, the first emperor of the Gallic Empire special, the (often unreliable ) Historia Augusta, according to. Accordingly, the young Postumus was raised by his father to Caesar and later Augustus. Together with his father he had been killed in the rebellion of Laelianus ( " Lollianus "). Postumus junior is a gifted speaker have been, whose controversiae had found in Quintilian Declamationes input.

Since there is a lack of unambiguous numismatic and epigraphic testimonies all, the younger Postumus not true historically.

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• Historia Augusta, Thirty Tyrants 4