Ruler · 328 – 378

Valens

Lived 328 – 378; politician, military officer. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 364 – 378; also in the line of Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 328 – 378; 50 years
In office: 14 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: died in battle; Wikidata's manner of death

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 834th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

830 before

Vetranio350

Julian360 – 363

Jovian363 – 364

Valens364 – 378

Valentinian I364 – 375

Gratian367 – 383

Valentinian II375 – 392

8 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 364 – 378 · 14 years · came to it aged 36

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in battleWikidata's manner of death: death in battle; Battle of Adrianople

Also in the line of Roman Empire (75th of 79) and Byzantine Empire (4th of 113).

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