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Valens [c] (Ancient Greek: Ουάλης, romanized: Ouálēs; 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.
Aurelius Valerius Valens (died After 1 March 317), rarely enumerated as Valens I, [1] 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.
Valentinian and Valens received many titles during their reigns, other than the customary emperor and augustus. Both were awarded the victory name of Germanicus maximus , Alamannicus maximus , and Francicus maximus to indicate victories against Germania , Alamanni and Franks , in 368, the year of their second consulship.
Valens then asked Gratian, the western emperor, for reinforcements to fight the Goths. Gratian sent the general Frigeridus with reinforcements, as well as the leader of his guards, Richomeres . For the next two years preceding the Battle of Adrianople there were a series of running battles with no clear victories for either side.
Born in 321. An officer under Julian and Jovian, he was elected by the army upon Jovian's death. He soon appointed his younger brother Valens as Emperor of the East, while he himself ruled in the West. Died of cerebral haemorrhage in 375. Valens: 28 March 364 – 9 August 378 (14 years, 4 months and 12 days; East)
These first two groups were soon followed by even more Gothic refugees. Emperor Valens who had a serious shortage of manpower for his armies saw in the newcomers a new source of soldiers and concluded treaties with the Goths. [2] In exchange for military assistance, the Goths were assigned territory within the empire.
367, Sack of Moguntiacum by Alemanni, Battle of Solicinium, Roman army led by Eastern Emperor Valens defeats Gothic Greuthungi and captures their king Ermanaric. [77] 367–368, Great Barbarian Conspiracy against Roman Britain and Roman Gaul by Saxons and Franks, Death of Nectaridus. 367–369, Attack on Gothic Thervingi under Eastern Emperor ...
The Goths sent ambassadors to Valens, the Eastern Roman emperor, requesting permission to settle their people inside the Empire. [11] It took them some time to arrive, for the Emperor was in Antioch preparing for a campaign against the Sasanian Empire over control of Armenia and Iberia. The bulk of his forces were stationed in the East, far ...