Valens

Names:

• ±328: Valens
• 28 March 364: Imperator Caesar Flavius Valens Augustus
• 2 August 378: killed in action

co-emperor of Valentinian I; ruled in the east

Successor of: Jovian

Relatives:

• father: Gratianus
• married to: Albia Domnica
• children: Valentinianus Galates, Carosa, Anastasia

Main deeds:

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  364 appointed as co-ruler by his brother Valentinian I; responsible for the east and Egypt
• 365 Consul I (with Valentinian); insurrection of Procopius in Constantinople
• 366 Procopius defeated near Nacoleia; he is betrayed and executed; birth of a son Valentinianus Galates
• 368 Consul II (with Valentinian I consul II); Germanic victories of Valentinian; both emperors accept the titles Germanicus maximus, Alamannicus maximus, and Francicus maximus; Quinquennalia
• 369 First war against the Visigoths; accepts the title Gothicus maximus
• 370 Consul III (with Valentinian consul III)
• 371 Trials for magic and treason
• 373 Consul IV (with Valentinian consul IV); start of the Persian war
• 375 Intervention in Armenia; death of Valentinian; Gratianus and Valentinian II emperors in the west; peace with Persia (?)
• 376 Consul V (with Valentinian II); Huns drive the Visigoths across the Danube

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  378 Consul VI (with Valentinian II consul II); defeated and killed in action by Fritigern's Tervingi at Adrianople

Buildings: Constantinople: Aqueduct; Basilica of the Apostles

Contemporary events:

• 365 Earthquake in the southeastern Mediterranean
• 365 Athanasius exiled from Alexandria
• 366 Athanasius returns
• 373 Death of Athanasius and Ephrem the Syrian

Succeeded by: Theodosius I