Aelian (rebel)
Aelianus or Aelian was together with Amandus the leader of an insurrection of Gallic peasants, called Bagaudae, in the reign of Diocletian. It was put down by the Caesar Maximianus Herculius in 285 AD.[1][2][3] The rebellion he led with Amandus in 285 was attributed by some to Christianity, but Edward Gibbon doubts this in his tome, "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire".[4]
Aelian | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Rebel |
| Known for | Leader of an insurrection of Gallic peasants |
References
- Eutrop., ix. 13
- Aurel. Vict., de Caes 89
- Smith, William (1867), "Aelianus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, p. 28, archived from the original on 2011-06-05, retrieved 2007-10-20
- Gibbon, Edward. A History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Christian Classics Ethereal Library. https://www.ccel.org/g/gibbon/decline/volume1/chap13.htm.<Accessed Oct 5, 2021>
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