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Gallianus's Reaction to Posthumous
The sources are difficult to untangle because they mainly place him in Rome during this period. We don't get any sort of idea of his plans, you know, accounts of war or anything like that. But there are stories which suggest he at some point took to the field against posthumous. So what is Gallianus's reaction to this thing? It's not exactly a challenge to his authority, but it's a diminishing of the Roman Empire.