# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valerian
# Generated: 2026-09-01T12:43:20.544Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/valerian"
name: "Valerian"
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description: "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."
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birthDate: "200"
deathDate: "260"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.