Aelianus (bagauden leader)
Aelianus († 286) was a Bagauden leader in Gaul and usurper at the beginning of Diocletian's reign .
In 285, Emperor Carinus was defeated by Diocletian. Dissatisfied peasants (Bagauden) in Gaul and Spain used the brief power vacuum in the west of the empire for an uprising. Amandus , one of their leaders, may have raised himself to the rank of emperor and made Aelianus co-regent. Diocletian responded to the threat by sending Caesar Maximian to Gaul and having the rebels overthrown with the help of Carausius - who shortly afterwards proclaimed himself emperor.
literature
- Dietmar Kienast : Roman imperial table. Basic features of a Roman imperial chronology . 2nd Edition. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1996, ISBN 3-534-18240-5 , pp. 276 f.
- Otto Seeck : Aelianus 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, column 482 (with references to the sources).
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| SURNAME | Aelianus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman usurper in Gaul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 286 |