The Valerian Persecution a Study of the Relations Between Church And State in T
The Valerian Persecution a Study of the Relations Between Church And State in T
Patrick Joseph Healy
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^ Aurelius Victor gives a different account of the death of Aemilian, in De Caesaribus, c xxxi. Aemilianus tres menses usus modesto imperio, morbo absumptus est; quum proceres primo hostem, dein, exstinctis superioribus, pro fortuna, ut solet, Augustum appellavissent. We have followed here the narrative of Tillemont, which is based juincipally on Zonaras and Zosimus. VALERIAN 87 way to the throne had been marked by revolutions, was in no sense guilty of disloyalty to the man whom he supplanted.... The circumstances surrounding Valerian's ac- cession were extremely auspicious. He possessed the sincere attachment of all orders in the State, and reached his high position not through popular tumidts, or by the clamors of the soldiers, but by the unanimous will of the whole Roman world. If all men, PoUio adds, had been allowed to choose an emperor, they would have selected no one but Valerian.^ So very little is known about the character of Valerian that there seems to be a disposition among historians to measure his capabilities by the calamities which happened during his reign, and to attribute the failure of his administration to incompetency.
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