Flavius Valens

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Flavius Valens was a 4th-century Roman emperor who ruled the Eastern Roman Empire and was killed at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 AD.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 4th-century Roman person
Byzantine emperor
Christian
Roman emperor
appointedBy Valentinian I
burialPlace Adrianople
surface form: Adrianople (uncertain)
capitalDuringReign Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
causeOfDeath Battle of Adrianople
conflict Battle of Adrianople
Gothic War (376–382)
coRuler Gratian
Valentinian I
countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
dateOfBirth 328
dateOfDeath 378-08-09
dynasty Valentinianic dynasty
era Late Antiquity
familyName Flavius
givenName Valens
knownFor Arian religious policy
defeat at the Battle of Adrianople
mannerOfDeath killed in battle
militaryCampaign campaigns against the Goths in the Balkans
campaigns in Armenia
militaryRank tribunus
notableEvent Gothic settlement in Thrace
Persecution of Nicene Christians
War against the Sasanian Empire
division of the Roman Empire between Valentinian I and Valens in 364
opponent Fritigern
Goths
placeOfBirth Cibalae
Pannonia
placeOfDeath near Adrianople
positionHeld Augustus
Roman emperor of the East
predecessor Jovian
regnalName Valens Augustus
reignEnd 378
reignStart 364
religion Arianism
surface form: Arian Christianity
ruledTerritory Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
sexOrGender male
sibling Valentinian I
spouse Albia Dominica
successor Theodosius I
title Flavius Valens self-linksurface differs
surface form: Imperator Caesar Flavius Valens Augustus

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Flavius notableBearer Flavius Valens
Valens givenName Flavius Valens
this entity surface form: Flavius Julius Valens
Fritigern alliedWith Flavius Valens
this entity surface form: Roman Emperor Valens (temporarily)
Flavius Valens title Flavius Valens self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Imperator Caesar Flavius Valens Augustus
Meletian schism hasParticipant Flavius Valens
this entity surface form: Roman emperor Valens