27th
Emperor of Rome (
253 -
260 A.D.).
Military and
civil official under Emperors
Decius and
Gallus. Became Emperor in defeating
Aemilianus's revolt at
Spoletum. Started
257. Appointed his son
Gallienus co-emperor, and
campaigned against
the Persians.
Valerian was captured at
Edessa, and variously reported to have been
skinned alive or kept as a
step-stool, by the
Persian king
Shapur I (or
Sapor I).
the Roman Emperors