 Roman conspiracy : John Antiochenus accuse Gallienus of the assassination . An interesting passage in the work of the Anonymus post Dionem speaks of a certain " Rufinus " who orchestrated the assassination on his own initiative then explained his act to the emperor who condoned the crime . This story talks about Rufinus ordering the murder of an older Odaenathus out of fear that he would rebel , and has the younger Odaenathus complaining to the emperor . Since the older Odaenathus ( Odaenathus I ) was proved to be a fictional character , the story was neglected by most scholars . However , according to Theodor Mommsen , younger Odaenathus is an oblique reference to Vaballathus ; Rufinus should be identified with Cocceius Rufinus , the Roman governor of Arabia between 261 / 262 . The evidence for a Roman conspiracy is very weak and can not be confirmed . 
 Roman conspiracy : John Antiochenus accuse Gallienus of the assassination . An interesting passage in the work of the Anonymus post Dionem <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>speaks</mark></a> of a certain " Rufinus " <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>orchestrated the assassination on his own initiative then explained his act to the emperor <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>condoned the crime . This story <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>talks</mark></a> about Rufinus ordering the murder of an older Odaenathus out of fear that he would rebel , and <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>has</mark></a> the younger Odaenathus complaining to the emperor . Since the older Odaenathus ( Odaenathus I ) was proved to be a fictional character , the story was neglected by most scholars . However , according to Theodor Mommsen , younger Odaenathus is an oblique reference to Vaballathus ; Rufinus should be identified with Cocceius Rufinus , the Roman governor of Arabia between 261 / 262 . The evidence for a Roman conspiracy <a href='drop_aux' title='6'><mark>is</mark></a>very weak and can not be confirmed . 
Roman conspiracy : John Antiochenus accuse Gallienus of the assassination . An interesting passage in the work of da Anonymus post Dionem speak of a certain " Rufinus " orchestrated the assassination on his own initiative then explained his act to the emperor condoned the crime . dis story tlk about Rufinus ordering tdamurder of an older Odaenathus out of fear that he would rebel , and have the younger Odaenathus complainin to the emperor . Since the older Odaenathus ( Odaenathus I ) was proved to be a fictional character , the story was neglected by most scholars . However , according to Theodor Mommsen , younger Odaenathus is an oblique reference to Vaballathus ; Rufinus should b identified with Cocceius Rufinus , thdaoman governor of Arabia between 261 / 262 . Thedaidence for a Roman conspiracy very weak and can not be confirmed .