predecessor successor succession mother birth_place death_date death_place birth_date spouse image article_title name reign
quintillus tacitus 44th emperor of the roman empire freedwoman sol invictus '' in her native village . -lrb- doubtful of -rrb- . the clan aurelius and priestess of '' sirmium september or october 275 -lrb- aged 60-61 -rrb- caenophrurium , thrace 9 september 214 or 215 ulpia severina aurelian.jpg aurelian
 aurelian september 270 -- september or october 275
aurelian

aurelian -lrb- ; 9 september 214 or 215 -- september or october 275 -rrb- , was roman emperor from 270 to 275 .
born in humble circumstances , he rose through the military ranks to become emperor .
during his reign , he defeated the alamanni after a devastating war .
he also defeated the goths , vandals , juthungi , sarmatians , and carpi .
aurelian restored the empire 's eastern provinces after his conquest of the palmyrene empire in 273 .
the following year he conquered the gallic empire in the west , reuniting the empire in its entirety .
he was also responsible for the construction of the aurelian walls in rome , and the abandonment of the province of dacia .
his successes were instrumental in ending the roman empire 's crisis of the third century , earning him the title `` restitutor orbis '' or ` restorer of the world ' .
although domitian was the first emperor who had demanded to be officially hailed as `` dominus et deus '' -lrb- master and god -rrb- , these titles never occurred in written form on official documents until the reign of aurelian .
