Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Aurelian

Battles of Aurelian

Roman Emperor (C.E.214-275)

Aurelian is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 268 and AD 274: 8 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign across 5 present-day countries, most in Italy (3), France (2), Turkey (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 8,744 km apart end to end, 972 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Campaigns of Aurelian (7), Palmyrene War (3).

Battle of ImmaeBattle of EmesaSiege of TyanaPalmyrene WarBattle of ChâlonsBattle of Lake BenacusBattle of NaissusBattle of FanoBattle of PaviaBattle of PlacentiaBattle of Lake BenacusBattle of NaissusBattle of FanoBattle of PaviaBattle of PlacentiaAthensKyivViennaGenevaBarcelonaAnkaraAlgiersFrankfurtAleppoDamascus1000 km41.756N, 21.316E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 268: 2 engagementsAD 271: 3 engagementsAD 272: 4 engagements4 in AD 272AD 274: 1 engagementsAD 268AD 274
10 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 272Siege of Tyana, AD 272Palmyrene War, 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 272Siege of TyanaTyana, Turkey395 km NWRoman victory
AD 272Palmyrene WarPalmyrene Empire, Syria492 km SERoman victory
AD 274Battle of ChâlonsCatalaunian Plains, France3,198 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.