Aelian (rebel) explained

Aelian
Occupation:	Rebel
Known For:	Leader of an insurrection of Gallic peasants

Aelianus or Aelian was together with Amandus the leader of an insurrection of Gallic peasants, called Bagaudae, in the reign of Diocletian. It was put down by the Caesar Maximianus Herculius in 285.^{[1] [2]} The rebellion he led with Amandus in 285 was attributed by some to Christianity, but Edward Gibbon doubts this in The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.^[3]

Notes and References

1. [Eutropius (historian)|Eutropius]
2. Aurelius Victor, de Caesaribus 89
3. Gibbon, Edward. A History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Christian Classics Ethereal Library. https://www.ccel.org/g/gibbon/decline/volume1/chap13.htm.