Victoria (Gallic Empire)

Victoria (c. 231 – c. 271), also known as Victorina or Vitruvia, was a leader in the Roman breakaway realm known as the Gallic Empire in the late 3rd century.

For a few weeks, Victorina was considered as de facto empress of Gaul, from the death of Victorinus to the accession of Tetricus I.

[2] Victoria is mentioned in Aurelius Victor's Liber de Caesaribus, and in the account of the Thirty Tyrants in the unreliable Historia Augusta.

[4] According to Aurelius Victor, after Victorinus was killed in a mutiny, Victoria stepped in, using her copious resources to buy the support of the legions.

However, the discovery of Victorina's funerary stele, revealed by Anne de Leseleuc's book in 2012, proves she did indeed exist.