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Roman Emperor Valerian I - Samosata Reigning during of the most turbulent periods of Roman history, Valerian achieved everlasting notoriety as the first Roman emperor to be captured in battle.

#Christian writers [such as #Lactantius, De Mortibus Persecutorum], sought to assign a fitting death to one of their most infamous persecutors.
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