Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Aurelian

Battles of Aurelian

Roman Emperor (C.E.214-275)

Aurelian is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 268 and AD 274: 8 battles across 5 present-day countries, most in Italy (3), France (2), Serbia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 7,737 km apart end to end, 1,105 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Crisis of the Third Century (6), Palmyrene War (2).

Battle of ImmaeBattle of EmesaBattle of ChâlonsBattle of Lake BenacusBattle of NaissusBattle of FanoBattle of PaviaBattle of PlacentiaBattle of Lake BenacusBattle of NaissusBattle of FanoBattle of PaviaBattle of PlacentiaAthensKyivViennaGenevaBarcelonaAnkaraAlgiersFrankfurtAleppoDamascus1000 km41.839N, 20.538E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 268: 2 engagementsAD 271: 3 engagements3 in AD 271AD 272: 2 engagementsAD 274: 1 engagementsAD 268AD 274
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Lake Benacus, AD 268Battle of Naissus, AD 268Battle of Fano, AD 271Battle of Pavia, AD 271Battle of Placentia, AD 271Battle of Immae, AD 272Battle of Emesa, AD 272Battle of Châlons, AD 274AD 268AD 274
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 268Battle of Lake BenacusLake Garda, ItalyRoman victory
September AD 268Battle of NaissusNiš, Serbia930 km EDecisive Roman victory
AD 271Battle of FanoMetauro, Italy718 km WRoman victory
AD 271Battle of PaviaPavie, France341 km NWRoman victory; End of the Juthungian invasions of Italy
AD 271Battle of PlacentiaPiacenza, Italy46 km EJuthungian victory
AD 272Battle of ImmaeTurkey2,455 km ERoman victory
AD 272Battle of EmesaHoms, Syria169 km SRoman victory; Collapse of the Palmyrene Empire.
AD 274Battle of ChâlonsCatalaunian Plains, France3,078 km NWRoman victory; End of the Gallic Empire.; Reunification of...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, АНО «Международный нумизматический клуб», CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.