Probus has meanwhile ordered the reconstruction of…

280 CE

Probus has meanwhile ordered the reconstruction of bridges and canals along the Nile, where the production of grain for the Empire is centered.

After the emperor leaves Syria in 280 for the Rhine, unruly soldiers and the people of Alexandria force a reluctant Julius Saturninus, a Gaul by birth (others have him as a Moor) appointed the previous year as governor of Syria by his friend Probus, to accept imperial office.

Saturninus flees from Alexandria to escape the pressure, …

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