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==List of Gallic Emperors==

The Gallic Emperors are known primarily from the [[coin]]s they minted.{{sfn|Drinkwater|1987|p=16}} The political and military history of the Gallic Empire can be sketched through the careers of these emperors. Their names are as follows:{{sfn|Drinkwater|1987|p=102}}
* [[Postumus]] 260–269 <!-- spurious, but maybe we should still mention it somehow: (including joint rule with his putative son [[Postumus the Younger|Postumus Junior]] ? – 268) -->
** ([[Laelian]] 269, usurper)
* [[Marcus Aurelius Marius|Marius]] 269
* [[Victorinus]] 268/69–271
** ([[Domitian II]] 271?, usurper)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/083/ant0830751.htm|title=The Domitian II coin from Chalgrove: a Gallic emperor returns to history |access-date=29 October 2013|author=Richard Abdy}}</ref>
* [[Tetricus I]] 271–274
* [[Tetricus II]] 273–274 (son of Tetricus I; [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]]) 
** ([[Faustinus]] 273/74, usurper)

[[Postumus the Younger]], [[Victoria (Gallic Empire)|Empress Victoria]] and [[Victorinus Junior]] are included as leaders in the list of the [[Thirty Tyrants (Roman)|Thirty Tyrants]], but there are no coins or inscriptions about them. Victorinus Junior and Postumus the Younger are both now generally considered to be fictional<ref>Cancik, H.; Schneider, H.; Salazar, C., ''Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity'', Volume 14 (2009), p. 91</ref><ref>J. F. Drinkwater (1987). ''The Gallic Empire: Separatism and continuity in the north-western provinces of the Roman Empire, A.D. 260–274'', Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GMBH, Stuttgart, {{ISBN|3-515-04806-5}}, p. 65.</ref> while Victoria’s existence was proven by the discovery of her [[funerary stele]] in 2012.<ref name="Pressibus">{{Cite web |title=Victorina, ruler of the Gauls |url=http://www.pressibus.org/gen/victorina/indexgb.html |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Pressibus|editor=Alain Beyrand}}</ref>