Ruler · 300 – 317

Valerius Valens

Lived 300 – 317; ruler. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 316 – 317; also in the line of Roman Empire.

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Lived: 300 – 317; 17 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 826th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

822 before

Constantine the Great306 – 337

Licinius308 – 324

Maximinus Daza311 – 313

Valerius Valens316 – 317

Martinian324

Constans337 – 350

Constantius II337 – 361

16 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 316 – 317 · 1 year · came to it aged 16

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

Also in the line of Roman Empire (66th of 79).

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