Valens
Roman emperor from 364 to 378
b. 328 · d. 9 Aug 378
Valens 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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Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — Valens is killed at Adrianople