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Aurelian (Latin: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September c. 214 – c. November 275) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 270 to 275 during the Crisis of the Third Century.As emperor, he won an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited the Roman Empire after it had nearly disintegrated under the pressure of barbarian invasions and internal revolts.
- 270–275
- Tacitus
Aurelian (born c. 215—died 275, near Byzantium [now Istanbul, Turkey]) was a Roman emperor from 270 to 275. By reuniting the empire, which had virtually disintegrated under the pressure of invasions and internal revolts, he earned his self-adopted title restitutor orbis (“restorer of the world”). Aurelian, born near the Danube River, had ...
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Dec 31, 2023 · Aurelian's actions single-handedly saved the Roman Empire and ensured that it would live on for another two centuries until its eventual collapse in the West in 476 AD. Connor Brighton December 31 2023 in History. The responsibility to shoulder the monumental and near-impossible task of restoring Rome to its original borders would fall to one ...
Mar 20, 2011 · Aurelian was Roman emperor from 270 to 275 CE. He was one of the so-called Barracks Emperors, chosen by the Roman army during the turbulent period known as the Crisis of the Third Century (235-284 CE). Besides victories against various invading tribes, he successfully restored the Roman Empire by bringing the breakaway territories of the Gallic ...
Jun 7, 2021 · Emperor Aurelian: Rome’s Savior Whom History Forgot. Although he ruled for less than five years, Emperor Aurelian achieved great success in restoring and reuniting the fledgling Roman Empire. Jun 7, 2021 • By Vedran Bileta, MA in Late Antique, Byzantine, and Early Modern History, BA in History. The Triumph of Aurelian or Queen Zenobia in ...
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Early Life of Aurelian. Lucius Domitius Aurelianus was born to poor parents on 9 September AD 214 in Lower Moesia. His father was a tenant farmer of a wealthy senator, Aurelius, after whom the family was named. He rose through the ranks of the army, serving with distinction on the Danube frontier. By AD 268, when Aureolus rebelled against ...
Aug 29, 2020 · Whilst Emperor Aurelian only ruled for five years as leader of the Roman world, his importance to its history is immense. Born in relative obscurity, somewhere in the Balkans (possibly near modern Sofia) in September 215, to a peasant family, Aurelian was in some ways a typical “soldier emperor” of the third century.
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