What is Aurelian?
{{Infobox Roman emperor |title=[[Roman emperor]] |name=Aurelian | image =Santa Giulia 4.jpg | reign =September, 270–September or October 275 | predecessor =[[Quintillus]] | successor =[[Marcus Claudius Tacitus|Tacitus]] | spouse 1 =[[Ulpia Severina]] | issue = | mother = | birth_date =9 September 214 | birth_place =the lands later known as [[Dacia Ripensis]], or possibly at [[Sirmium]] ([[Sremska Mitrovica]], [[Serbia]]) | succession =[[Roman Emperor]] | death_date =275 (aged 60) | death_place =[[Caenophrurium]], [[Thracia]] | place of burial= |posthumous name=Divus Aurelianus|birth_name=Lucius Domitius Aurelianus}} [[Image:Aureliancoin1.jpg|thumb|200px|''Antoninianus'' coin of Aurelian]] '''Aurelian''' (214–275 [[AD]]) was [[Roman emperor]] from 270 to 275. Aurelian ({{Lang-la|Lucius Domitius Aurelianus}}) came from the [[Balkans]], part of the [[Roman Empire]]. He was a soldier in the [[Roman army]] when the emperor [[Claudius Gothicus]] promoted him to high [[rank]]. When Claudius died, his army chose Aurelian as the next emperor. Aurelian overcame a number of [[rebellions]]. His armies overcame the armies of the [[Gallic Empire]] and the [[Palmyrene Empire]] (two Roman [[states]] that formed during the [[Crisis of the Third Century]]). Aurelian joined the Roman Empire into one state again, and this was the beginning of the end of the Crisis of the Third Century. While he was emperor, Aurelian overcame the armies of several groups of [[barbarians]] – the [[Goths]], [[Vandals]], [[Juthungi]], [[Sarmatians]], and [[Carpi]]. Aurelian increased the importance the god [[Sol Invictus]] in [[Roman religion]] and he built a [[Roman temple|temple]] for the god in the city of [[Rome]]. For the first time in many [[centuries]], Rome needed a [[defensive wall]] to keep out enemies who might attack it. Aurelian's government started to build the [[Aurelian Walls]] around Rome. Aurelian's wife, [[Ulpia Severina]], was his {{Lang-la|[[augusta]]|label=none}} ([[empress]]) after summer 274. Aur