# Valerian

> The only Roman emperor ever captured alive in battle. Valerian's seizure by Persia's Shapur I in 260 AD shattered the empire's myth of invincibility and sent shockwaves that reshaped how Rome saw itself.

*Roman emperor*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/valerian

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 200
- **Died:** 260
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Valerian came to power around 253, already in his fifties, inheriting an empire convulsing through the Crisis of the Third Century. He named his son Gallienus co-emperor and tried to hold the fracturing state together. In spring 260, he met Shapur I at the Battle of Edessa and lost more than the field — he became the first Roman emperor taken prisoner in combat. The capture itself was unprecedented; the rumors of what followed — humiliation, servitude under Persian hands — spawned stories that traveled farther than any military dispatch. He died in captivity sometime between 260 and 264, and the empire never fully recovered its old certainty.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 7.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46750)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Valerian)
- [فاليريان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [والرین](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [I Valerian](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Valerian)
- [Валерыян I](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD_I)
- [Валериан I](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD_I)
- [Valerianus (impalaer)](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerianus_(impalaer))
- [Valerià](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri%C3%A0)
- [Valerianus](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerianus)
- [Valerian I](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_I)
- [Valerian](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian)
- [Valerian](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian)
- [Valerianus](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerianus)
- [Βαλεριανός](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82)
- [Valerian (emperor)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_(emperor))
- [Valeriano (romia imperiestro)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriano_(romia_imperiestro))
- [Valeriano](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriano)
- [Valerianus](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerianus)
- [Valeriano](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriano)
- [والرین](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [Valerianus](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerianus)
- [Valérien](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val%C3%A9rien)
- [Falerianus](https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falerianus)
- [Valerian](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian)
- [Valerianus](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerianus)
- [فاليريان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86)

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