Ruler · 199 – 260

Valerian

Lived 199 – 260; politician. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 253 – 260; also in the line of Roman Empire.

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Lived: 199 – 260; 61 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 804th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

800 before

Valerian253 – 260

Macrianus Major260 – 261

38 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 253 – 260 · 7 years · came to it aged 54

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 260, the year they died

Also in the line of Roman Empire (43rd of 79).

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