What is "aemilianus"

Aemilianus (; c. 207/213 – 253), also known as Aemilian, was Roman Emperor for three months in 253.

Commander of the Moesian troops, he obtained an important victory against the invading Goths and was, for this reason, acclaimed Emperor by his army. He then moved quickly to Italy, where he defeated Emperor Trebonianus Gallus, only to be killed by his own men when another general, Valerian, proclaimed himself Emperor and moved against Aemilian with a larger army.

Aemilianus can refer to a number of people in Classical history:

• Aemilianus (207–253), emperor of Rome for several months in 253 AD.
• Scipio Aemilianus (185 BC–129 BC), son of Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus, was adopted by Publius Cornelius Scipio, the son of Scipio Africanus
• Mussius Aemilianus, one of the Thirty Tyrants. He supported the rebellion of the Macriani against Gallienus (260-261 AD), and afterwards probably proclaimed himself emperor
• Saint Aemilianus (died 484) (also called Aemilius), martyred in Africa
• Aemilianus, a bishop of Nantes during Charlemagne's reign (i.e. late 8th century), who supposedly fought the Saracens
• Saint Emilian of Cogolla (473–572) (also known as Aemilianus Cucullatus, Aemiliano or Millán de la Cogolla), a Spanish saint.