VALERIAN, Roman Emperor

(Publius Licinius Valerianus)vəlērˈēən, d. after 260, Roman emperor (253–60). He held important posts, both civil and military, under the emperors Decius and Gallus. After the short reign of the former general Aemilianus, Valerian was proclaimed emperor. In 257 he organized a general persecution of the Christians. Although not an incapable man, he was nevertheless unsuited to rule in such a critical time, for N Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor were falling to the barbarians and to the Persians. Appointing his son, Gallienus, as coregent, Valerian undertook a campaign in the East against Shapur I of Persia, who destroyed the Roman army and took (260) the emperor prisoner. Valerian died in captivity and was succeeded by Gallienus.

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books on: Valerian Roman Emperor  - 273 results

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Neokoroi: Greek Cities and Roman Emperors
Book by Barbara Burrell; Brill, 2004
Subjects: Cities And Towns, Ancient--Turkey, Emperor Worship--Rome, Greeks--Turkey--History--To 1500
...Kaisareias later history was unfortunate. When the Sassanian king Shapur captured the emperor Valerian in 260, Persian forces pushed their way deep into the Roman provinces, including Cappa- docia ; Kaisareia is named among the great cities that...
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Riding for Caesar: The Roman Emperors' Horse Guards
Book by Michael P. Speidel; Batsford, 1994
...though part of the emperors field army, is lost...third century, few emperors stayed in Rome for...inscriptions. Yet the emperors, who had to campaign...again: Shahpur I, emperor of Persia, captured...watch out yourself! Roman field marshals always...boasted that he caught Valerian with his own hands...fight on horseback. Valerians guard thus either fought...
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Emperors Don't Die in Bed
Book by Fik Meijer; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
...horse he ordered the emperor to bow before him and...victories depicted on the Roman frescos. Even after Valerian died in captivity...temple. And whenever Roman emissaries were visiting...indignity to which a Roman emperor had ever been...
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The Emperor Constantine
Book by Hans A. Pohlsander; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Constantine--I--Emperor Of Rome--D. 337, Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Constantine I, The Great, 306-337
...both West and East: the emperor Aurelian (270-5...secessionist Gallo-Roman empire in the West...Danube frontier the Romans faced larger, better...penetrated deep into Roman territory. Gaul and...monument not only to Roman engineering skills but...In 260 the emperor Valerian was taken prisoner by...
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The Life and Principate of the Emperor Hadrian, A.D. 76-138
Book by Bernard W. Henderson; Methuen, 1923
Subjects: Hadrian--Emperor Of Rome--76-138, Rome--History--Hadrian, 117-138
...peace is notorious. The Roman was now a voluntary professional...full armour with the Emperor sharing the columns march...proper age." 2 The Emperor himself, in promoting...Kornemann p. 42 . The Emperor Valerian in the second half of...
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journal articles on: Valerian Roman Emperor  - 3 results

 
 
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A Guide to the Study of Greco-roman and Jewish and Christian History and Literature
Journal article by James A. Kelhoffer; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 41, 1998
...to the Study of Greco-roman and Jewish and Christian...to the Study of Greco-Roman and Jewish and Christian...between Ben Sira and the emperor Valerian (200 BC to AD 259...authors from "Greco-Roman History and Literature...
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Iran between East and West
Journal article by Richard W. Bulliet; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Iran--Military policy, Iranian foreign relations, Islamic fundamentalism--International aspects, Islamic fundamentalism--Political aspects, United States foreign relations
...their absorption into the Roman Empire, enslaved Greeks...versus the Parthians, the Romans versus the Parthians...cliff face an image of a Roman emperor bending his knee to a...which the legions of the Roman general Crassus were...captured the emperor Valerian. The only memorable...
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The Three African Popes
Journal article by Millicent Browne; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 22, 1998
Subjects: African Americans--Religious aspects, Catholic Church--Race relations, Papacy--Race relations, Popes--Race relations
...Milziadus was bishop of the Roman Church from 311 to 314...Christianity throughout the Roman Empire. The change that...Persecutions under the Emperors Decius, Valerian, Diocletian, and Galerius...did the trouble in the Roman Church die down sufficiently...


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Heads or Tails? A Late-Roman Coin Unearthed in an Oxfordshire Field and on Show in the Ashmolean Museum Leads Llewelyn Morgan to Ponder the Misleading Messages on the Faces of Coins
Magazine article by Llewelyn Morgan; History Today, Vol. 55, August 2005
Subjects: Ancient coins--Economic aspects, Ancient coins--Usage, Ancient coins--Valuation, Euro (Currency)--Economic aspects, Euro (Currency)--Valuation, Inflation (Finance)--Economic aspects, Inflation (Finance)--History, Inflation (Finance)--United Kingdom, Nationalism--Economic aspects
...or Tails? A Late-Roman Coin Unearthed in an...Oxford, belongs to an emperor named Domitianus...conventional treatment of the emperors headwear, was one...intense upheaval in the Roman empire. Thus Valerian, the emperor whose capture by the...the consequences of Valerians capture had been fully...
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Sensitive
Magazine article by Andrew Hudgins; American Scholar, Vol. 71, Autumn 2002
Subjects: Nervous system abnormalities, Neuroses--Personal narratives, Restless legs syndrome
...Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and happened upon this passage about the emperor Valerian, who, in perhaps the...captured: We are told that Valerian, in chains, but invested...remained inflexible. When Valerian sunk under the weight...
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On the Path of Persian History : The Islamic Republic of Iran May Impose Its Will on a Reluctant Population, but This Does Not Deny Its Glorious Past as One of the Greatest Empires History Has Known
Magazine article by Eva Harnik; World and I, Vol. 16, December 2001
Subjects: Iran--Description and travel
...as the basis of the Torah and Roman law. Cyrus and Darius believed...the royal past, among them the Roman emperor Valerian kneeling in defeat before the...of Saphours horse, no wonder Valerian is on his knees! Although only...
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Faith Triumphs over Persecution: The Simple and Enduring Faith of Christians Has Proven Unconquerable despite the Persecutions from Ancient Rome to Modern-Day Iraq
Magazine article by Warren Mass; The New American, Vol. 24, December 22, 2008
Subjects: Christianity--History, Christianity--Social aspects, Christians--History, Christians--Practice, Jesus Christ--History, Religious persecution--History
...foothold in the Roman Empire, a vast...executed by the Romans under Nero during...64 A.D., some Romans accused Nero of...under succeeding emperors. Though no one...our eyes." The Emperor Valerian issued an order...Christians in the Roman Empire ended in...persecution by the Romans had resulted in...
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Elsheimer and Velazquez in London
Magazine article by Donald Bruce; Contemporary Review, Vol. 288, Winter 2006
Subjects: Elsheimer, Adam--Exhibitions, German painters--Exhibitions, Painters, German--Exhibitions, Painting (Art)--Exhibitions, Painting--Exhibitions, Velazquez, Diego (Spanish painter)--Exhibitions
...undoes his sandal, a Roman who loosens his slippery...his own. The tolerant Emperor Valerian was about to embark...the picture is not the Emperor Valerian. Elsheimer...well aware that Roman Emperors did not wear turbans...and its return by the Emperor Heraclitus, who carried...


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newspaper articles on: Valerian Roman Emperor  - 6 results

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John Paul the Great: 1920-2005: 2000 Years: A Papal Odyssey
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), April 4, 2005
Subjects: John Paul II, Pope
...victimised for standing against pagan Roman rule. Since St Peter became...Bishop of Rome". 37-41 Roman Emperor Caligula declares himself god...Christians reaches its peak under Roman Emperor Valerian. He wrecks the church by executing...
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Rosales Marks 79th Birth Anniversary
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 9, 2011
Subjects: International Committee of the Red Cross--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...Ilocos Norte. St. Lawrence, along with Pope Sixtus II, and other top members of the Roman clergy, was a victim of persecution by Emperor Valerian in 258. (Christina Hermoso)Proposed budgetA health group said Tuesday that the proposed...
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MARTYRS OF GORE; Flogged, Decapitated and Stoned to Death - the Extraordinary Stories of the Men of Faith Whose Courage Paved the Way for the Christmas Services Shared by So Many This Week ..
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 27, 2006
...the despotic Emperor Valerian ordered the summary...rash enough to tell Valerians envoy that the Church...and a favourite of Emperor Diocletian, who made...oldest and most famous Roman road - and his legend...Brought before the Emperor, he was flogged with...as physician to two Emperors until envious colleagues...marry a nobleman, Valerian, but told her husband...
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MARTYRS OF GORE; Flogged, Decapitated and Stoned to Death - the Extraordinary Stories of the Men of Faith Whose Courage Paved the Way for the Christmas Services Shared by So Many This Week ..
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 27, 2006
...rash enough to tell Valerians envoy that the Church...spiritually - than the Emperor. The envoy lit a fire...and a favourite of Emperor Diocletian, who made...as physician to two Emperors until envious colleagues...one true God. The Emperor regarded this as an...century daughter of a Roman patrician. She obeyed...marry a nobleman, Valerian, but told her husband...
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Valencia's Holy Chalice
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 10, 2010
...gallant epoch. nbsp; The impressive Roman Aqueducts and the ldquo;Teatro...Sagunto stand today as monuments to Roman grandeur. Although the majesty...the persecution of Christians by Emperor Valerian, St. Lorenzo, two days before...
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encyclopedia articles on: Valerian Roman Emperor  - 13 results

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Valerian , Roman Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VALERIAN , Roman emperor (Publius Licinius Valerianus...d. after 260, Roman emperor (253 60). He held important...and military, under the emperors Decius and Gallus . After...Valerian was proclaimed emperor. In 257 he organized...
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Rulers of the Roman Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RULERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (table) Rulers...68 Galba, proclaimed emperor by his soldiers, 68...Pertinax, proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard...Severus, proclaimed emperor, 193 211 Caracalla...military commander, 253 Valerian, military commander...united empire, 394 95 Emperors in the East (until...
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Shapur I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...able warrior king. Although he was defeated by the Roman emperor, Gordian III, in 242, he halted Gordians advance...he achieved his greatest triumph by defeating the Roman emperor Valerian at Edessa a landmark in the decline of Rome. The...
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Sassanid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...that followed, war with the Romans occupied much attention. Sassanid...Shapur I , who was victorious over Roman Emperor Valerian and ruled until 272. The next...420 38, was defeated by the Emperor Theodosius but succeeded against...
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Claudius II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CLAUDIUS II (Marcus Aurelius Claudius), d. 270, Roman emperor (268 70), called Gothicus. A successful general under Valerian, Claudius put down the revolt in which Gallienus was killed. He succeeded Gallienus...
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