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Placidianus was one of the younger members of the coterie of high-flying army officers whose careers took off during the reign of Gallianaus. For this reason a note on him seems in order. Pjbjas ( talk) 14:28, 13 January 2008 (UTC) reply

The page was substantially re-written to augment the references/citations and to bring it more into conformity with the Wikipeida house-style. Pjbjas ( talk) 19:00, 13 November 2008 (UTC) reply