[Date and place of birth unknown. Died at Interamna, in Italy, A.D.
253 or 254.]
Son of the Emperor Gallus, with whom he reigned, being elected Augustus
in A.D. 252. Little is known of his life or character. When Æmilianus
was chosen Emperor, he went with Gallus to oppose him; but, before a
battle could be fought, father and son were slain by their own troops.
[From the marble in the Capitoline Museum at Rome.]
76*. MAGNUS DECENTIUS. _Roman Prince._
[Date and place of birth unknown. Died at Sens, in Gaul, A.D. 353.]
A brother or cousin of the Emperor Flavius Magnentius. Nominated Cæsar,
A.D. 351, he went into Gaul, and suffered defeat in defending that
country against the Germans. He strangled himself upon hearing of the
defeat and deposition of his brother by Constantius, who succeeded to
the throne of Magnentius.
[For an account of a curious head of this Prince, placed in the
Bas-relief gallery, see Handbook to Greek Court, No. 217.]
AVENUE IN FRONT OF ROMAN COURT.
(_Numbers continuing at the end next to the Greek Court._)