Emperor Aurelian: The Man Who Saved Rome

Perhaps the greatest emperor

The Roman Empire at its peak( Source:
Coldeel, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Political background

The Roman Empire was founded by Emperor Augustus and it brought back peace and a measure of stability to the Roman World. The turbulent last decades of the Republic were traded for the Pax Romana.

Unfortunately, no empire can remain at its peak forever, and the Roman Empire was no…