Emperor Aurelian
Aurelian's full name was Lucius Domitian Aurelian, and although his name was Roman, he was actually a Romanized barbarian who was born 30 kilometers outside belgrade, the capital of present-day Serbia, and the area later produced Roman emperors like an assembly line. Aurelian's father has no way of verifying, and this alone basically determines that he was born humble, and another proof is that he could not wait to start his military career at the age of 17, and he was before
That one
The emperor Claudius II's peers should have been around 56 years old at this time, but by the time he was in his 40s, his outstanding talents had been recognized by the legions, which was the reason why he was elected emperor. The emperor Valerian, who pronounced him similarly, added him as a good friend early on, and many times in public @ the latter, he was named a model pacesetter every year. Off-topic, the existing Speech Report of Valerian can be seen that the Roman civilization at that time was really one level ahead of other civilizations, and if the unique mark of that era is removed, it is thought that it is a mobilization speech of a multinational corporation.
In 260 AD, Valerian was captured by the King of Persia, which was a major shock for Aurelian, when he had a multinational force of 2500 men under his command, although the combat effectiveness was strong, but it was a sharp knife company, and it was impossible to bear the war. Ten years later, in 270 A.D., Aurelian himself ascended to the throne of the Emperor, by which time Rome was crumbling. The most obvious feature of Aurelian's figure is that he is large, but his head is small, he is the legendary ten-headed body, he has always been full of gratitude for the shame of the Romans Valerian, and also accepted the benefactor's son to try to govern the country, but the result of no success, he is determined to reverse this chaotic situation, in fact, he did, if not . . (Cover your mouth to prevent spoilers).
Aurelian inherited the Roman Empire, no different from 10 years ago, as the Roman version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and rome was sandwiched between the Gallic Empire in the west and the Palmyra Empire in the east. Aurelian's vision was very accurate, the Gaul Empire of the two empires was a mirror image of Rome, and it was also obliged to defend the Germans for Rome, with similar ideologies, and there was no ambition to invade Rome itself, so it was not the first target. The rest is the Palmyra Empire represented by Queen Zenobia, who shows off her wealth in her circle of friends every day and constantly rubs the edge ball on the border. Zenobia never publicly declared its independence from Rome, or implemented the principle that there is only one Rome in the world, and it can be seen from the currency issued at that time that the currency on Aurelian's side was on the back of the portrait of King Palmyra, Zenobia's son, and the palmyra kingdom also issued currency, and on the back was the portrait of Emperor Aurelian. On both sides are superficial laughter and giggles, behind the back are sharpening knives, propaganda slogans and contrived superficial kung fu is to fool the people to stabilize their throne.
Internal governance
Before attacking the Roman compatriots, it was customary to repair the Germans, and the Roman emperors were in their eyes a perfect opportunity to steal chickens, and indeed Aurelian's response also made mistakes, the Vandals made their way into Italy, and Aurelian personally attacked to quell the harassment, which was also the barbarians who opened the map of Italy again after hundreds of years of not knowing it. This incident made the Senate begin to accuse Aurelian of his ability, the Senate took the emperor for granted as a man with a backstabber, the house was not cleaned up is the nanny's fault, relatively, the roman emperors after that also began to ignore the existence of the Senate, from this period onwards, the emperor and the Senate letters remained less and less.
Aurelian returned to Rome, saw that his mailbox had been crammed with letters from the Senate, and the distraught emperor marked all the books with one click, and then proposed two policies to the nervous Senate, 1. The right to issue money, and 2. The city of Rome to build a new wall. The first is a helpless move, the original place of money production was Gaul, and then the Gaul Empire was established, and the right to make money fell into the hands of the senate class, and if this industry was contracted by the private sector, you can imagine how bad the quality of the gold coins and silver coins produced was. There was a greater conflict of greater interests, and 7,000 currency-related personnel, such as mint owners, workers, etc., began to protest, in exchange for the fear of Aurelian's power, all of whom died in the suppression, and then the minting of the currency, which was personally supervised by Aurelian, slowly returned to its original value. The city wall is a better explanation, this time the barbarian invasion has made the Romans feel that even the mainland is not safe, so to build the city wall as a defense, and finally took a total of 6 years to complete the construction, when Aurelian was dead, but according to the custom is named by the initiator, so the city wall is also called "Aurelian Wall".
Abandon Dacia
Aurelian pays attention to efficiency, so there is also a nickname called "Rapid Attack Aurelian", so many problems before, were completed in two months, and then he spent half a year to do something that the emperor did not dare to do before: abandon Dacia. As was the usual Roman practice, sticks followed by lollipops, and after dealing an inhumane blow to the barbarians on the Dacian border, peace talks began with them, after which Aurelian decided that the Roman legions would withdraw from the Dacian region, 165 years after the previous emperor of Trajan had taken Daccia with great efforts. Rome withdrew its troops from Dacia to liberate 2 legions, and the natives who had settled partly returned to the other side of the Danube under conditions of voluntary choice, and the rest continued to live there.
Because it was the Goths who took over the area, they lacked governance experience and needed help from the locals. Later circumstances also proved that the area did not cause social problems, the barbarians would also accept the civilized way of ruling, as long as they could come to work and pay taxes, the barbarians were considered "their own" to the Romans, and they also played a role in defending Rome against other barbarians. To make another long spoiler, in the era of the Great Barbarian Invasion that followed, the barbarians in Dacia's region did not participate. The ancient Dacian equivalent of Romanian location, they still speak Latin to this day, and the ability to communicate with Italians without obstacles to greet each other's parents is also a consequence of this period. Objectively speaking, Aurelian certainly wouldn't have gone so far in doing so, because he could finally deal with the old woman Zenobia in the east.
Appendix: Valerian's Words to the Army:
As soldiers of the Roman legions, you are absolutely not allowed to rob civilians of anything, not even an egg. Even olive oil, salt, or even a stick of firewood is absolutely not allowed to be taken from civilians at will. You must be content with the food distributed to you by the army. If you rob civilians of their things so that they have nothing to sell, they will not be able to sustain themselves. The wealth of the Roman soldiers should be based on the spoils of war obtained by defeating the barbarians, not on the tears of the inhabitants of the provinces.
You should always maintain your weapons, sharpen your blades, do not let your boots have any damage, and replace your armament in time. Because we do not know exactly when the enemy will attack, we must be fully prepared at all times.
Your salaries are kept in the banks of the base. Thrift and thrift were the virtues of every Roman warrior. However, I will not stop anyone who wishes to go to war with a gold chain, bracelet and gold ring.
The most important issue for you is to take good care of your horses. Of course, it is not only the war horses that need to be maintained, but also the horses and cattle used to pull trucks. Occasionally, someone smuggles out the feed for horses and sells it to others, and this kind of thing will never be taken lightly once it is discovered. Also keep in mind that these livestock are not your personal property, but the property of the entire army, so be careful when maintaining them.
In the military, because officers and soldiers are in different positions, it is inevitable that there will be different views and practices in all aspects. But all this is to maintain discipline within the army, and it does not involve personal personality issues. Officers could not treat their soldiers as slaves, and soldiers had no obligation to serve them. Because both officers and soldiers are members of the army organization.
Everyone has equal access to military medical treatment. Those who pay money to obtain better treatment conditions are absolutely not allowed to happen.
Whatever religion you believe in is your freedom, but your faith cannot affect the movement of the Legion. We must always be polite and cordial to the civilians, and I will put the ugly words ahead, if someone is out there to cause trouble, then there is only one dead end waiting for him.
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