Valerius Valens
Valerius Valens on a follis
Aurelius Valerius Valens († 316/317) was 316 or 316/317 co-emperor of the Roman emperor Licinius .
Valens was previously responsible for border security in the Roman province of Dacia as dux limitis . After his defeat in the Battle of Cibalae Licinius went to Dacia and made him co-emperor. In the literary tradition he is only referred to as Caesar , that is, as sub-emperor of Licinius, but on his coins he calls himself Augustus , with which he nominally held the same rank as Licinius. After Licinius was again unable to defeat his adversary Constantine the Great in the Battle of Mardia , he was forced by the latter to depose Valens and have him executed.
literature
- Michael DiMaio, Jörn Zeuge, Jane Bethune: The Proelium Cibalense et Proelium Campi Ardiensis. The First Civil War of Constantine I and Licinius I . In: The Ancient World . tape 21 , 1990, pp. 67-91 .
- Wilhelm Enßlin : Valens (7). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII A, 2, Stuttgart 1948, Col. 2138 f.
- Arnold Hugh Martin Jones , John Robert Martindale, John Morris : Aur. Val. Valens 13. In: The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire (PLRE). Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1971, ISBN 0-521-07233-6 , p. 931.
Web links
- Michael DiMaio, Jr .: Short biography (English) at De Imperatoribus Romanis (with references).
Remarks
- ↑ The full name can be found on Valerius Valens' coins, in all other sources it is only called Valens.
- ↑ Anonymus Valesianus 5: 16-17; see. also Zosimos 2,19,2; Epitome de Caesaribus 40.2.
- ^ Anonymus Valesianus 5:18; Petros Patrikios , fragment 15.
- ↑ Zosimos 2,20,1; Epitome de Caesaribus 40.9.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Valens, Valerius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valerius Valens, Aurelius; Valens; Aurelius Valerius Valens; Valens, Aurelius Valerius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Co-regent of the Roman emperor Licinius |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 316 or 317 |