Valens

(Flavius Iulius Valens )

328–378

Eastern Emperor embroiled in wars in Persia and with the Goths. Died fighting Visigoths at Adrianople.

Other Resources


Story Links
Book Links
Breaking the Frontier  in  The Story of the Middle Ages  by  Samuel B. Harding
Goths Cross the Danube  in  Historical Tales: Roman  by  Charles Morris


Image Links


The meeting between Valens and the Gothic chief on the Danube
 in Famous Men of the Middle Ages