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Valerius Valens
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Roman emperor from 316 to 317
Key facts
- Reign
- October 316 – c. February 317, (with Licinius , against Constantine I )
- Born
- Aurelius Valens
- Died
- 317 (shortly after 1 March)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- Roman emperor
- Form of government
- Roman Tetrarchy
- Image
- Valerius Valens Follis Alexandria.jpg
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- date of death
- 0317-03-01
- date of birth
- 0300-01-01
- time period
- Low Roman Empire
- manner of death
- homicide
- gens
- Valeria gens
- Commons category
- Valerius Valens
- different from
- Valens
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Encyclopedic overview
Aurelius Valerius Valens (/ˈveɪlənz/; died shortly after 1 March 317), rarely enumerated as Valens I, was briefly Roman emperor from late 316 to early 317. He was proclaimed emperor by Licinius, emperor of the East, during his war against Constantine I, emperor of the West.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valerius Valens” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.