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==Historiography==
The primary sources for the Gallic Empire are substandard. Nicholson and Casey wrote that they are "composed largely of brief notices by late 4th-century Latin authors who depended for much of their information on the lost {{lang|de|[[Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte|Kaisergeschichte]]}} (Enmann's History of the Emperors), of scattered allusions in the first book of [[Zosimus (historian)|Zosimus]], and of information gleaned from the rather copious coinage minted by the Gallic emperors", and that the imperial biographies of the unreliable {{lang|la|Historia Augusta}} "interweave fact, invention, and an idiosyncratic sense of humour."{{sfn|Nicholson|Casey|2018}} Tetricus is listed as one of the "[[List of Thirty Tyrants (Roman)|Thirty Tyrants]]" in the {{lang|la|Historia Augusta}}.{{sfn|Gwynn|2018|p=1496}} The {{lang|la|Historia Augusta}} states that Tetricus was recognized in Hispania, but modern historians have rejected this.{{sfn|Polfer|2000}}{{Sfn|Drinkwater|1987|pp=122–125}}
Epigraphic sources also provide some information,{{sfn|Bourne|2000|pp=46–48}} however, the [[epigraphic habit]] (the use of monumental inscriptions for public display) of the Roman Empire was in decline during the period,{{sfn|Southern|2015|p=11}}{{sfn|Bourne|2000|pp=46–48}} and many are undated.{{sfn|Bourne|2000|pp=46–48}} Inscriptions bearing Tetricus' name are very common throughout Gaul, although these are broken into two regions by a vertical line of inscriptions bearing Aurelian's name, which were made after the surrender of Tetricus; no Tetrican inscriptions overlap with Aurelianic inscriptions.{{sfn|Bourne|2000|p=68}}
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