Valens Thessalonicus
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Valens Thessalonicus was a Roman usurper active in Achaea during the reign of Emperor Gallienus in the mid-3rd century. He was proclaimed emperor by his troops in 261 CE during the period of political and military turmoil known as the Crisis of the Third Century.
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Valens Thessalonicus was a Roman usurper active in Achaea during the reign of Emperor Gallienus in the mid-3rd century. He was proclaimed emperor by his troops in 261 CE during the period of political and military turmoil known as the Crisis of the Third Century. Valens's brief revolt occurred while Gallienus faced a series of simultaneous uprisings across the empire following the capture of his father, Emperor Valerian, by the Persian king Shapur I.
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