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AURELIAN AND THE

THIRD CENTURY

AURELIAN AND

THE THIRD

CENTURY

Alaric Watson

London and New York

First published 1999

by Routledge

11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada

by Routledge

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Watson, Alaric

Aurelian and the third century/Alaric Watson.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Aurelian, Emperor of Rome, ca. 215–275. 2. Rome—History—

Aurelian, 270–275. 3. Emperors—Rome—Biography. I. Title.

DG308.W37 1999

937'.07'092–dc21

[B] 98–23382

CIP

ISBN 0-203-16780-5 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-26282-4 (Adobe eReader Format)

ISBN 0-415-07248-4 (Print Edition)