Editing Probus (emperor) (section)

==Military career==
[[File:Napoli, museo archeologico (18171814650).jpg|left|thumb|Marble bust of Probus in the [[Museo Archeologico (Naples)|Museum of Naples]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Duruy |first=Victor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AU4yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA333 |title=History of Rome: And of the Roman People, from Its Origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians |date=1886 |publisher=Dana, Estes & Company |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Syvänne |first=Ilkka |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7nD1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT323 |title=Aurelian and Probus: The Soldier Emperors Who Saved Rome |date=2020-06-24 |publisher=Pen and Sword Military |isbn=978-1-5267-6751-6 |language=en}}</ref>]]
Probus entered the army around 25 upon reaching adulthood. He rose rapidly through the ranks, repeatedly earning high military decorations. Appointed at a very young age as a [[military tribune]] by the emperor [[Valerian (emperor)|Valerian]], in recognition of his latent ability, {{citation needed|date=August 2018}} he justified the choice by a distinguished victory over the [[Sarmatia]]ns on the [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Illyria]]n frontier.<ref name="Gibbon, p. 282">Gibbon, p. 282</ref> During the chaotic years of the reign of Valerian, Illyria was the only province, generaled by such officers as [[Claudius II|Claudius]], [[Aurelian]] and Probus, where the barbarians were kept at bay, while [[Gaul]] was overrun by the [[Franks]], [[Rhaetia]] by the [[Alemans]], [[Thrace]] and the [[Mediterranean]] by the [[Goths]], and the east by [[Shapur I]].<ref>Gibbon, ch. X., pp. 226, 227</ref> Probus became amongst the highest placed lieutenants of Aurelian, reconquering [[Egypt]] from [[Zenobia]] in 273 A.D. Emperor [[Tacitus (emperor)|Tacitus]], upon his accession in 275, appointed Probus supreme chief of the east, granting him extraordinary powers in order to secure a dangerous frontier.<ref>Historia Augusta, ''Vita Probi'', 6–7</ref> Though the details are not specified, he is said to have fought with success on almost every frontier of the empire, before his election as emperor by the troops upon Tacitus' death in 276, in his camp in [[Asia Minor]].<ref name="Gibbon, p. 282"/><ref>Historia Augusta, ''Vita Probi'', 10:1</ref>