Mariniana

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Egnatia Mariniana probably was the wife of Roman Emperor Valerian and mother of Emperor Gallienus.

Several coins bearing the legend DIVAE MARINIANAE date back to the beginning of the reign of Valerian and Gallienus. Given the use of deifying the wifes dead before their husbands' accession to the throne, it is possible Mariniana died before 253.

It is possible that Egnatius Victor Marinianus, legatus for Arabia and Moesia Superior, was the father of Mariniana. If this is true, Mariniana is also the mother of Gallienus, whose name was Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus.

References

• Bray, John, Gallienus, Wakefield Press, 1997, ISBN 1-86254-337-2

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