Aemilius Aemilianus, Marcus, Roman emperor, 253 CE

John Frederick Drinkwater

doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.109

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Aemilius Aemilianus, Marcus

, Roman emperor, 253 ce

Aemilius Aemilianus, Marcus

, Roman emperor, 253 ce

John Frederick Drinkwater

https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.109
Published online: 22 December 2015

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Against imperial policy, while governor of Moesia he dealt harshly with the *Goths, and was proclaimed emperor by his army. He marched on Italy, overthrew *Trebonianus Gallus, but was soon killed by his own troops, panicked by the approach of *Valerian. The civil strife of 253 exposed Greece to Gothic invasion.

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