Victorinus (vicarius)
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Victorinus is the recorded name of a vicarius
of Roman Britain
probably serving between 395 and 406. He is mentioned by the Gaul Rutilius Claudius Namatianus
in his De reditu i, 493-510 who had met him later in Gaul
around 417.
Victorinus had probably ruled prior to the usurpation of Marcus
in 406. After serving in Britain and Italy, he had retired to Aquitania
, leaving in 409 or 414 due to barbarian raids and settling in Rome.
Vicarius
Vicarius is a Latin word, meaning substitute or deputy. It is the root and origin of the English word "vicar" and cognate to the Persian word most familiar in the variant vizier....
of Roman Britain
Roman Britain
Roman Britain was the part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire from AD 43 until ca. AD 410.The Romans referred to the imperial province as Britannia, which eventually comprised all of the island of Great Britain south of the fluid frontier with Caledonia...
probably serving between 395 and 406. He is mentioned by the Gaul Rutilius Claudius Namatianus
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus was a Roman Imperial poet, notable as the author of a Latin poem, De Reditu Suo, in elegiac metre, describing a coastal voyage from Rome to Gaul in 416...
in his De reditu i, 493-510 who had met him later in Gaul
Gaul
Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
around 417.
Victorinus had probably ruled prior to the usurpation of Marcus
Marcus (usurper)
-Career:He was a soldier in Roman Britain who was proclaimed emperor by the army there some time in 406. He may have risen to power as a reaction to the increasing raids from abroad at a time when the Empire was withdrawing troops from its distant provinces like Britain to protect its heartland...
in 406. After serving in Britain and Italy, he had retired to Aquitania
Aquitania
Aquitania may refer to:* the territory of the Aquitani, a people living in Roman times in what is now Aquitaine, France* Aquitaine, a region of France roughly between the Pyrenees, the Atlantic ocean and the Garonne, also a former kingdom and duchy...
, leaving in 409 or 414 due to barbarian raids and settling in Rome.