id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-254 Volusianus - Wikipedia .html text/html 2228 391 64 Gaius Vibius Volusianus (died August 253) was a Roman emperor from November 251 to August 253, ruling with his father Trebonianus Gallus. Gallus raised Hostilian, the younger son of Decius, to augustus (co-emperor) and elevated Volusianus to caesar. The short reign of Gallus and Volusianus was notable for the outbreak of a plague, which is said by some to be the reason for Hostilian's death, the invasion of the Sasanian Empire, and the raids of the Goths. Gaius Vibius Afinius Gallus Vendumnianus Volusianus was born about 230 AD to the future Roman Emperor Trebonianus Gallus.[2][3] Trebonianus Gallus had become emperor after the previous emperors, Decius and Herennius Etruscus, were both killed in July 251 by the Goths, led by Cniva, at the Battle of Abritus.[2][4][5] The troops in the field elected Trebonianus Gallus as emperor. During the shared reign of Trebonianus Gallus and Volusianus, the Roman Empire was invaded by both the Goths and the Sassanids. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-254.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-254.txt