274

This page relates to the year 274 Calendrier Julien.

Events

has Rome, Aurélien starts vast a monetary reform.
Aurélien puts an end to the Empire of Gaules reunifying the Roman Empire thus, with the battles of the fields Catalauniques against Tetricus emperor of Gaulle. It seems that the battle was real.
September-October: Triumph over Aurélien to Rome which celebrates the reunification of the empire and makes raise his wife Severine with the row of Augusta .
Tetricus senior, former emperor of Gaules, is named corrector of all Italy after being shown with the triumph Aurélien.

December 25th: The Eastern worship of the God-Sun ( Ground Invictus ) becomes Religion of state to Rome.

religious Reform: Aurélien imposes the solar monotheism. The Sun is recognized officially like the supreme god of the empire. A temple is devoted to him to Rome, of the periodic festivals are instituted and a public college of pontiff of the Sun is created. The currencies struck on this occasion represent the effigy of the Sun with for legend: “ Ground dominus imperii romani ”. The emperor, emanation of the Sun, fact appear of god of alive sound. The solar monotheism will remain the official religion until in 323.

Persecution of Aurélien against the Christians opposed to the solar syncretism (not some, because the acts of the martyrs of this persecution are suspect, Sulpice Sévère speaks about a peace of the uninterrupted Church between the edict of tolerance of Gallien and the persecution of Dioclétien).

a prince of Aksoum, whose names and titles are lost, makes engrave with Adoulis, on a stone throne dedicated to Mahrem, a long Greek text reporting its victories over the people Guèzes and Angabé, Aoua, people of Sémien which live “beyond the Nile on covered inaccessible mounts of snow”, then on Lasiné and Gabala in mountains of which warm water sourdent. It subjected Tangaïtes, with the borders of Egypt, and sent a squadron to fix Arrhadites and Khinédocolpites in the North-West of the Red Sea. Lastly, from Leuké-Komé, it went to fight in the country of Sabéens.

Conti-Rossini, in its Storia d' Etiopia, explains these events by bringing them closer to the war between the queen Zénobie and Rome: at the time of the triumph of Aurélien in 274, of Axoumites and Yemenis appear with the prisoners palmyréniens. This king d' Aksoum would have been combined with Palmyre and would have for his account distracted the attention from the Roman garrisons stationed in the valley of the Nile and occupied the tribes Bedouins which could have threatened the communications of the palmyréniens.

the kingdom of Aksoum at sea reaches a great prosperity thanks to the trade Rouge, supported by the different ones which opposes Persia and Rome and especially after the foundation of Constantinople in 330.

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