Person213–270
Claudius II Gothicus
Roman emperor (268–270), a career soldier probably from the Danube lands, proclaimed by the army outside Milan after the murder of Gallienus; his victory over the Goths at Naissus earned him the name Gothicus, and he died of plague at Sirmium.
- Dates
- between 213 and 214 – 270
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Balkans and Anatolia
- In the threads
- Europe in the Roman age (1st–5th c.)
Events
- Gothic invasions of the Balkans and Asia Minor238–271 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Battle of Naissusbetween 268 and 269 · Balkans and Anatolia