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Valens

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Also known as Flavius Valens, Valens II

Valens (; ; 328 – 9 August 378) was Roman emperor from 364 to 378. Following a largely unremarkable military career, he was named co-emperor by his elder brother Valentinian I, who gave him the eastern half of the Roman Empire to rule. In 378, Valens was defeated and killed at the Battle of Adrianople against the invading Goths, which astonished contemporaries and marked the beginning of barbarian encroachment into Roman territory.

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Valens was a male politician and military officer in Ancient Rome, born in Vinkovci on 0328-01-01. A member of the Valentinianic dynasty and the Flavia gens, he was the son of Gratianus Funarius and brother of Valentinian I. He held the positions of Roman emperor, Byzantine emperor, Count of the Stable, and pontifex maximus. Valens spoke Latin and was married to Dominica, with whom he had a son named Valentinianus Galates.

He died on 0378-08-09 in Edirne, killed in action during the Battle of Adrianople. His life spanned the Roman Empire, Byzantine Egypt, and the Low Roman Empire periods. Valens is described in sources including the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1941-05-13
Active to
1959-02-03

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Hardcore from New Jersey featuring members from Pellinore,The Banner,and Troublemaker. Follow the smoke towards the riff-filled land. http://www.myspace.com/valensvalens <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Valens">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

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  1. Macrodomain organization of the Escherichia coli chromosome

    · 2004 · cited 314x

  2. Complete DNA sequence of yeast chromosome XI

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  3. The Yeast Genome Directory

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  4. A 3D concrete printing prefabrication platform for bespoke columns

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  5. Chromosome Structuring Limits Genome Plasticity in Escherichia coli

    · 2007 · cited 121x

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Key facts

Royalty.birth_date
328
Royalty.name
Valens
Royalty.image
INC-3015-a Солид. Валент II. Ок. 364 г. (аверс).png
Royalty.alt
Golden coin depicting man with diadem facing right
Royalty.caption
Solidus of Valens, marked:
Royalty.succession
Roman emperor in the East
Royalty.reign
28 March 364&nbsp;– 9 August 378
Royalty.predecessor
Valentinian I (alone)
Royalty.successor
Theodosius I
Royalty.regent
Valentinian I (West, 364–75)Gratian (West, 375–78)Valentinian II (West, 375–78)
Royalty.reg type
Co-rulers
Royalty.birth_place
Cibalae, Pannonia Secunda (present-day Vinkovci)
Royalty.death_date
9 August 378 (aged 49/50)
Royalty.death_place
Adrianople, Eastern Roman Empire (now Edirne)
Royalty.spouse
Domnica
Royalty.issue
AnastasiaCarosaValentinianus Galates
Royalty.regnal name
Imperator Caesar Flavius Valens Augustus
Royalty.dynasty
Valentinianic

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Early life and military career
  • Reign
  • Usurpation of Procopius (365–366)
  • First Gothic War: 367–369
  • Persian War: 373
  • Later reign: 373–376
  • Second Gothic War: 376–378
  • Battle of Adrianople
  • Assessment and legacy
  • Religious policy
  • Appearance
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Citations
  • References
  • External links

Valens (; ; 328 – 9 August 378) was Roman emperor from 364 to 378. Following a largely unremarkable military career, he was named co-emperor by his elder brother Valentinian I, who gave him the eastern half of the Roman Empire to rule. In 378, Valens was defeated and killed at the Battle of Adrianople against the invading Goths, which astonished contemporaries and marked the beginning of barbarian encroachment into Roman territory.

As emperor, Valens continually faced threats both internal and external. He defeated, after some dithering, the usurper Procopius in 366, and campaigned against the Goths across the Danube in 367 and 369. In the following years, Valens focused on the eastern frontier, where he faced the perennial threat of Persia, particularly in Armenia, as well as additional conflicts with the Saracens and Isaurians. Domestically, he inaugurated the Aqueduct of Valens in Constantinople, which was longer than all the aqueducts of Rome. In 376–77, the Gothic War broke out, following a mismanaged attempt to settle the Goths in the Balkans. Valens returned from the east to fight the Goths in person, but lack of coordination with his nephew, the western emperor Gratian (Valentinian I's son), as well as poor battle tactics, led to Valens and much of the eastern Roman army dying in a battle near Adrianople in 378.

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