Emperor Valerian (253 – 260 CE ... perhaps the most dangerous of all, as the Roman Empire broke apart. A lowborn soldier from ...
It was also very successful. As emperor, Trajan expanded the Roman Empire to become larger than ever before. He conquered Dacia (now part of Romania), which provided land for Roman settlers and ...
The catastrophic defeat and capture in 260 of Emperor Valerian by the Persians thrust Roman rule into even greater disarray. In Europe the rebel Gallic empire started to break away from Rome.
100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history ... by the consuls and the Senate, with an empire, reigned over by emperors and their hereditary successors.
From 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E., the Roman Empire saw a period of relative tranquility and prosperity now known as the Pax Romana ...
TEHRAN - A new phase of archaeological excavations has commenced on the ruins of Valerian’s Palace in the ancient city of ...
This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. The emperor Hadrian was well known for building monuments across the Roman Empire, a territory that ...