Valerian (emperor)
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Valerian (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Lang-la; c. 199 – 260 or 264) was Roman emperor from 22 October 253 to spring 260 AD. He was taken captive by the Persian Emperor, Shapur I, after the Battle of Edessa, becoming the first Roman emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war, causing shock and instability throughout the Roman Empire.
The unprecedented event and the unknown fate of the captured emperor generated a variety of different reactions and "new narratives about the Roman Empire in diverse contexts".
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