Gallienus was made Consul Ordinarius for 254 .
He was also designated Consul Ordinarius for 254.As Marcus Aurelius and his adopted brother Lucius Verus had done a hundred years before them , Gallienus and his father divided the Empire ; Valerian struck for the East to stem the Persian threat and Gallienus remained in Italy to repel the Germanic tribes on the Rhine and Danube .
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