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Valens

Reece Period attributed: Period 19

Member of the House of Valentinian dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 364 until 378.

Flavius Valens was the younger brother of Valentinian I, and was born around 328. Valentinian raised him to the rank of Augustus in 364 and put him in control of the east; Valens spent much time campaigning against the Goths and Persians. He died in a huge battle near Hadrianopolis in 378.

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Wikipedia derived information

Valens was the Eastern Roman Emperor from 364 to 378.

He was given the eastern half of the empire by his brother Valentinian I after the latter's accession to the throne. Valens, sometimes known as the Last True Roman, was defeated and killed in the Battle of Adrianople, which marked the beginning of the fall of the Western Roman Empire..

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valens
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