The Age of Chaos, also known as the Crisis of the Third Century, was a fifty-year period of extreme political and economic volatility that almost saw the disintegration of the might Roman Empire. From 235-284, no fewer than 25 would-be emperors claimed the throne. Valerian II was the son of the Emperor Gallienus. He was almost certainly murdered, although the nature of thr assassins is unknown.
The Age of Chaos, also known as the Crisis of the Third Century, was a fifty-year period of extreme political and economic volatility that almost saw the disintegration of the might Roman Empire...
In the year 260, in a battle on the Eastern front, the emperor Valerian was taken prisoner by the hated Persians. He died in captivity, and his corpse was stuffed and hung on the wall of the palace...
Carinus, was first appointed Caesar in 282 CE and then in 283 CE co-emperor by his father, the emperor Carus (282-283 CE). He was killed along with his father and co-emperor brother Numerian in an...
Tacitus was Roman Emperor from 275 to 276 CE. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title Gothicus Maximus. Italian born, an increasingly...
The second daughter and third child of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger. Lucilla was the wife of her father's co-ruler and adoptive brother Lucius Verus and an...