Les milliaires africains et l’histoire impériale au milieu du iiie siècle de notre ère

Abstract

The re-examination of epigraphic documentation from Numidia confirms, as H.-G. Pflaum envisaged in 1966, the elevation of Gallienus to the rank of Caesar following the acclamation as emperor of his father Valerian. The event resulted from an initiative of the Senate in Rome, as the ancient Latin sources indicate. The examination of milestones and other epigraphic evidence from North Africa illustrates the reception of these great political events of 253 CE in the province of Numidia, and probably in neighbouring Africa.

Keywords

• Imperial accession
• Gallienus (P. Licinius Gallienus)
• Valerian (P. Licinius Valerianus)
• Aemilianus (M. Aemilius Aemilianus)
• milestones
• Numidia