The obverse of an aureus featuring Tetricus I. Caption: IMP. TETRICVS P. F. AVG.
Emperor of the Gallic Empire
Reign
271–274 AD
Predecessor
Victorinus
Successor
None (Gallic Empire reconquered by Aurelian)
Born
Gaul
Died
Lucania, Italia
Issue
Tetricus II
Names
Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Gaius Esuvius Tetricus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus Pontifex Maximus
Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was the emperor of the Gallic Empire from 271 to 274 AD. He was originally the praeses (governor) of Gallia Aquitania and became emperor after the murder of Emperor Victorinus in 271, with the support of Victorinus's mother, Victoria. During his reign, he faced external pressure from Germanic raiders, who pillaged the eastern and northern parts of his empire, and the Roman Empire, from which the Gallic Empire had seceded. He also faced increasing internal pressure, which led him to declare his son, Tetricus II, caesar in 273 and possibly co-emperor in 274, although this is debated. The Roman emperor Aurelian invaded in 273 or 274, leading to the Battle of Châlons, at which Tetricus surrendered. Whether this capitulation was the result of a secret agreement between Tetricus and Aurelian or necessary after his defeat is debated. Aurelian spared Tetricus, and even made him a senator and corrector (governor) of Lucania et Bruttium. Tetricus died of natural causes a few years after 274.
known that Tetricus's son, Tetricus II, served as his colleague in 274. Tetricus was also tribune from 271 to 274. Tetricus elevated Tetricus II as caesar...
Tetricus may refer to: TetricusI, emperor of the Gallic Empire (Imperium Galliarum) was the last of the Gallic Emperors as TetricusI from 270/271 to...
Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus, better known as Tetricus II, was the son of TetricusI, Emperor of the Gallic Empire from 271 to 274 AD. In 273, he was raised...
Pius Esuvius Tetricus was made Emperor, and was recognized in Britannia and the parts of Gaul that had recognized Victorinus. Tetricus fought off Germanic...
Gallic Emperor TetricusI and his son Tetricus II. Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus, better known as TetricusI Gaius C.f. Pius Esuvius Tetricus, better known...
to approximately the year 274, during the joint reign of TetricusI, and his son, Tetricus II of the Gallic Empire, a breakaway state of the Roman Empire...
(victory procession), which is graced by his captives Zenobia, TetricusI, and his son Tetricus II. Aurelian reforms the Roman currency, replacing the denarius...
in morphology. The English translation of O. tetricus (Latin) is 'the gloomy octopus'. Octopus tetricus was originally discovered in New South Wales and...
deification and, after considerable payment to the troops, the appointment of TetricusI as his successor. Another military commander appears to have been proclaimed...
Pius Esuvius Tetricus (also Caius) may refer to: TetricusI, Emperor of the Gallic Empire from 270/271 to 273 Tetricus II, son of TetricusI This disambiguation...
prototypes are of the Gallic emperors the Tetrici (270–273), TetricusI and his son, Tetricus II. The next most frequent are those of Claudius II (270),...
political figure who launched a rebellion against the Gallic Emperor TetricusI. His full name and his year of birth are unknown. According to a small...
by Gordian I and Gordian II, which was soon supported by the Roman Senate, but this was quickly defeated with Gordian II killed and Gordian I committing...
the strategic Rhine border; it had been the capital of Gallic emperor TetricusI. This quarter became the prefecture Galliae. Aquileia, a port on the Adriatic...
the Roman Empire, in 274, a massive coin hoard dating to the reign of TetricusI and Roman Emperor Aurelian was hidden in the grounds of the town. Consisting...
containing ten low denomination Roman coins dating between the reigns of TetricusI (270–272) and Constantius II (337–361). This suggests that "at face-value...
later. Aurelian decisively defeated TetricusI in the Battle of Châlons, and soon captured Tetricus and his son Tetricus II. Both Zenobia and the Tetrici...
either executed by Tetricus or, more likely, that he was murdered by his own troops when the main Rhine army garrisons declared for Tetricus. A second possibility...
(1981), Die gallischen Usurpatoren von Postumus bis Tetricus [The Gaulish usurpers from Postumus to Tetricus] (in German), C.H. Beck, ISBN 3-406-04801-3 Jones...
had cuckolded. TetricusI, praeses of Gallia Aquitania was acclaimed emperor of the Gallic Empire. He appointed his natural son Tetricus II to rule jointly...
Aurelian overthrew TetricusI in a bloody battle at the Catalaunian Fields in 274. With the re-organization of the Roman Army (Constantius I Chlorus), the...
(an Iranian imperial dynasty) under Shahanshah (King of the Kings) Shapur I, in Edessa (now the Turkish city of Urfa) in 260. The Roman army was defeated...
Attitianus, reportedly for reasons of personal revenge. He is succeeded by TetricusI, who is elevated with the help of Victorinus' mother Victoria. Zenobia...
theory is supported by Aurelian's similar treatment of the Tetrici, TetricusI and Tetricus II of the Gallic Empire, long-time enemies of Rome whom the emperor...
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