- Gallienus by Zoe Salazar
... rebellious for his control. Postumus had established his independence in Gaul, and in the East Odenathus, spreading the conquests of Palmyra, was being recognized. A force sent by Gallienus against Zenobia was defeated. Gallienus himself was murdered by his men at Milan, where he was resisting a revolt, which was eventually suppressed by his successor Claudius II...
- Imogen by Abigail Bishop
... the advances of Iachimo, who had wagered her husband that he could seduce her. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare Cymbeline ] See: FaithfulnessImogen. Chaste wife unjustly suspected by Postumus of unfaithfulness. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare Cymbeline ] See: Innocence
- Gaul by Isaac Banks
... Rome was the uprising of Postumus (A.D. 257), but Gallo-Roman civilization was too strong to fall before anything but the Germans of the 5th and 6th cent.The villa system spread (see feudalism ). A landed aristocracy grew up, employing the laborers, who made up the principal part of the population. The influence of Christianity and the ravages of Germanic ...
- Innocence by Isaiah Gutierrez
... wife unjustly suspected by Postumus of unfaithfulness. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare Cymbeline ] lambattribute of young woman; personification of guiltlessness. [Art: Hall, 161] Minniefemale saloonkeeper in mining town; never been kissed. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, Girl of the Golden West., Westerman, 360–361] Pedroin marrying former mistress of enemy. [Ger. Opera: d ...
- Gaul by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... their own empire headed by Postumus, who ruled from 258 to 268. The Gallic Empire lasted for 15 years. Its last ruler, Tetricus (270-73), who was unable to cope with the soldier mutinies and the incipient revolt of the Bagaudae, surrendered to Emperor Aurelius, and Gaul was again annexed by the Roman Empire. In the fourth century Gaul was divided into 17 provinces ...