Aurelian: Emperor Who Restored the World

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Give us an emperor from humble beginnings. Give us a leader our armies will follow! Give us, Emperor Aurelian!!

If Roman Empire was a book or movie, Aurelian's death would be one of the saddest and depressing moments

5 years. He accomplished all of this in only 5 years. Just imagine how much more he would have done had he not been betrayed.

Can you imagine having a title as badass as literally "Restorer of the World"? Everyone loves Marcus Aurelius and Traianus and Hadrianus. And they were great Emperors. But Aurelian will always be my favorite. Its one thing to build an Empire, to run it through its golden age. Its another to restore it to greatness after an era of great turmoil and chaos.

What a victorious, tragic, massive legacy Aurelian built in only 5 years as emperor. If you've never seen the Aurelian walls up close, put it on your bucket list! Wonderful episode! Thanks K&G!

I can’t imagine what was going through Aurelian’s mind as they stabbed him. I wonder if at some point he thought of Caesar’s end.

Aurelian was incredible to the point where he seems almost a mythical figure.

"we are not saying that the roman empire fell because they never used the sponsor of this video nord vpn, but we are using it and doing really well" lmao, this is the best transition to shout out i have ever seen.

Even the hardest of men will cry when they hear of Aurelian's death!

Proof positive that sometimes one man can change the course of history.

If Emperor Aurelian was not assassinated, If He successfully campaigned against Sassanids, If He consolidated the Empire, How many more centuries the empire would survive?

Aurelian: The original "Praise de the Sun!!!" Now out of jokes, Aurelian imposed as the central cult of the empire the undefeated sun (sol invictus), over the other gods. This was the first attempt to unify the empire on the religious side, so that all the inhabitants of the empire could worship it without betraying the local gods. Although the Christian writer Lactantius speculates, if Aurelian had lived longer it would have been very likely that he would have forbidden the other gods. This was taken almost a hundred years later by Theodosius I when he made Christianity an official religion. In fact, the Christmas day (December 25) before 380 was known as the feast of the undefeated sun. It was established in 274 by Aurelian. Thank you K&G for this amazing documentary.

The Roman Empire is on the brink of collapse. Aurelian: wears helmet of Sol Invictus Fine... I'll do it myself.

Aurelian was like a real-life Malazan character. A soldier who became emperor changing the world, high level badass, charismatic leader with loyal legions who followed him wherever he goes and the most break-hearting death betrayed by someone pathetic and weaker. He absolutely deserved a higher place in history.

Imagine, if you would, the perspective of a Tyanan child during the siege: The city is scared as the Romans approach, the citizens are well aware of the Roman's capability with siege warfare and rumors have begun to spread through the populous that the Roman commander threatened to wipe the city out for it's refusal to allow him to enter. The people are deathly afraid of what will happen next, your family taking shelter in their home and baring the entrances with everything they can find. The word was the siege was commencing and the end was near. Soon, it was clear that the Romans had taken the walls and the city and people would be next. But, as your family begins to despair, word reaches you that the Roman Emperor, in all his glory, has decided to spare the lives and property of everyone in the city! The citizens rejoice! The population begins to celebrate joyously, your family feasting on a large meal in celebration of the Heavens clearly looking down upon you that day. Your family finishes the meal late into the night and is enjoying the post celebration atmosphere when there is a hard knock on the door. You, a small boy, are told by your father to open the door. When you do, you see three roman soldiers, clad in arms and armor before you with joyous grins on their faces. They ask you one single question: "Can we see your dog please?"

Aurelian was the Scipio Africanus the Roman Empire needed. His early death was a disaster, even if competent rulers such as Probus and Diocletian followed him and carried his legacy with certain competence. Unfortunately, one restitutor isnt enough to restore the entire orbis. Semper fidelis, restitutor orbis, sol invicto!

My favorite Roman Emperor who is woefully underappreciated today. I didn't know anything about him until I decided to start reading up on The Crisis of the Third Century many years ago. Restitutor Orbis!

As a history enthusiast, and a 4x strategy games FAN, this dude, is a personal hero. Easily one of my favourites in ALL of history

Its amazing to me a man like this existed. One of the few who could truly claim they rose above all mortal ambition. In the span of 5 years, he brought an empire on the very brink of collapse back together and paved the way for the Reforms of Diocletian.