Quietus

Infobox Roman emperor
name =Quietus
full name =Titus Fulvius Iunius Quietus
title =Usurper of the Roman Empire


caption =Quietus on a coin
celebrating "Eternal Rome". [The coinage of Quietus and of his brother and co-emperor Macrianus Minor celebrated the army, the confidence in victory, and the foreseen arrival of happy times. All of these themes were very important in a time of emergency, when the Roman Empire had lost its Emperor in battle against the Sassanid Empire, and the army was deep in enemy territory.]
reign =260-1 (with
Macrianus Minor)
predecessor =Gallienus
successor =Gallienus
spouse 1 =
spouse 2 =
issue =
dynasty =
father =Macrianus Major
mother =? (of senatorial descent)
date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =261
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place of burial =|

Titus Fulvius Iunius Quietus (d. 261) was a Roman usurper against Roman Emperor Gallienus.

Quietus was the son of Fulvius Macrianus and a noblewoman, possibly named Iunia. According to "Historia Augusta", he was a military tribune under Valerian, but this information is challenged by historians.

He gained the imperial office with his brother Macrianus Minor, after the death of Emperor Valerian in the Sassanid campaign of 260. With the army deep in the enemy territory, the soldiers elected the two emperors. The support of his father, controller of the imperial treasure, and the influence of Balista, Praetorian prefect of the late Emperor Valerian, proved instrumental in his promotion.

Quietus and Macrianus, elected consuls, had to face the lawful Emperor Gallienus, at the time in the West. Quietus and Ballista stayed in the eastern provinces, while his brother and father marched their army to Europe to seize control of the Roman Empire. After the defeat of his brother and father in Thrace in 261, Quietus lost the control of the provinces in favour of Odaenathus of Palmyra. Forced to flee to the city of Emesa, he was killed by its inhabitants, possibly instigated by Ballista (Zonaras xii.24).

References

* [http://www.roman-emperors.org/galusurp.htm#Note%202 Körner, Christian, "Usurpers in the east: The Macriani and Ballista", s.v. "Usurpers under Gallienus", "De Imperatoribus Romanis"]

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