Emperors of Rome

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Aureus of emperor Valerian
Name
Valerian
Dynasty
Licinii
Born
c. 193 – 200 AD
Unknown
Died
After 260 or 264 AD
Bishapur or Gundishapur
Reign
22 October 253 to Spring 260
(7 years)
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Valerian (/vəˈlɪəriən/; Latin: Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus;[1] 193/195/200 – 260 or 264), also known as Valerian the Elder, was Roman Emperor from 22 October 253 AD to spring 260 AD. He was taken captive by the Persian Emperor, Shapur I, after the Battle of Edessa, becoming the first Roman emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war, causing shock and instability throughout the Roman Empire. The unprecedented event and the unknown fate of the captured emperor generated a variaty of different reactions and "new narratives about the Roman Empire in diverse contexts".[2]