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AD 253
Valerian emperor
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Beset by civil war, attacks from the Goths and the Persians, famine and
plague, Valerian becomes emperor in the most inauspicious of circumstances.
Foreshadowing the later division of the empire into east and west, Valerian
puts his son Gallienus in charge of the defence of the western empire
while he takes command in the east. Victory over the Persians in AD 257
provides only a temporary respite, however, and three years later, Valerian's
armies face a fresh Persian assault. Valerian's anti-Christian edicts
of AD 257 and 258, meanwhile, add to the turmoil throughout the empire.
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