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Abritus (251)
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Thessalonica (254)
Thermopylae (254)
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Mediolanum (259)
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Edessa (260)
Reign of Gallienus (260–268)
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Usurpation of Ingenuus (260)
Usurpation of Regalianus (260)
Usurpation of Macrianus Major (c. 259–261)
Gallic Empire (260–274)
Death of Saloninus (260)
Roxolani Invasion of Pannonia (260)
Campaigns of Odaenathus (260–267)
Usurpation of Quietus (261)
Usurpation of Balista (261)
Usurpation of Valens Thessalonicus (261)
Usurpation of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi (261)
Usurpation of Macrianus Minor (261)
- Pannonian Rebellion (261)
Usurpation of Mussius Aemilianus (261–262)
- Postumus' Campaign against the Franks (262)
- Postumus' Campaign against the Alamanni (263)
Ctesiphon (263)
- Scythian Invasion (265–266)
Assassination of Odaenathus (267)
Usurpation of Maeonius (266–267)
- Scythian Invasion (267–269)
Heruli Raids (267)
Usurpation of Manius Acilius Aureolus (268)
Reign of Claudius II (268–270)
Usurpation of Laelianus (269)
Reign of Marcus Aurelius Marius (269)
- Augustodunum Haeduorum
Naissus (268/269)
Lake Benacus (268 or 269)
Capture of Athens (269)
Palmyrene Empire (270–273)
Bostra (270)
Palmyrene invasion of Egypt (270)
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Reign of Aurelian (270–275)
Usurpation of Victorinus Junior (271)
- Junthungi Invasion (271)
Domitianus II (271)
Tetricus I & Tetricus II (271–274)
Rebellion of Felicissimus (270s)
Placentia (271)
Fano (271)
Pavia (271)
Tyana (272)
Immae (272)
Emesa (272)
Razing of Palmyra (273)
Usurpation of Faustinus (c. 273)
Châlons (274)
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Valens Thessalonicus (died c. 261) was a Roman usurper against Roman Emperor Gallienus.[1]
Valens was the proconsul of Achaea under Gallienus. When Macrianus rebelled to Gallienus, he met the opposition of Valens, so he sent Piso to put him to death.
It is not clear if Valens seized the imperial power to protect himself by this threat, or if the purple was imposed on him by his soldiers, but Historia Augusta reports his rise to the rank of Augustus (261). Valens defeated and killed Piso, but he was soon slain by his soldiers.
Valens is included among Trebellius Pollio's Thirty Tyrants.
References[edit]
^ Marcellinus, Ammianus (1986). Hamilton, Walter, ed. The later Roman Empire (A.D. 354-378). Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-14-044406-8. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
Further reading[edit]
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- s.v. "Usurpers in Achaea: Valens and Piso" in Körner, Christian, "Usurpers under Gallienus", De Imperatoribus Romanis

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