The Roman emperors are some of the most fascinating ... leading the army to the Sassanid campaign in 275 CE. Like Aurelian, ...
Caught by Roman troops, she was brought before Emperor Aurelian, a scene depicted in this 1717 painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Pleading for her life, Zenobia reportedly blamed her anti ...
What Roman authorities did control ... which included a slight increase in silver content under the emperor Aurelian (270-275). However, none of them worked. Faith in the silver currency had ...