Which Roman emperor had the most suffering and why was it

and what did he suffer through?

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>>2732434
Shut the fuck up cunt.

>>2732434
Julian Ceaser

That guy who got used as a footstool

>>2732526
That is propaganda. Valerian kun was well treated and given the best accommodations, courtesy, and honors a valiant foe captured in battle would receive.

>>2732434
Heraclius suffered the most.

Gallienus had probably the most stressful career

>>2733193
Yeah, I'd say either Gallienus or possibly Marcus Aurelius

>>2733227
Marcus had it pretty swell for the first half of his reign. Gallienus had his father captured by the Sassanids and in a number of years watched two of his sons, made Caesar to try and bring some since of order, murdered by mutinous generals. The entire empire fell apart around him despite every effort he made to salvage the situation and all he got out of his work was constant rebellion and betrayal and murder at the hands of Illyrians.

Alexander Severus didn't have it well either but Gallienus is pretty much the definition of I TRIED SO HARD.