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Full name V 8031 = D 760, VI 1175 = D 771, D 768, D 769, etc., Coins; also called Flavius Iulius Valens AE 1949, 87.

Born c. a. 328 Amm. XXXI 14.1 (see below), at Cibalae in Pannonia Lib. Or. XIX 15, XX 25. Son of Gratianus 1. See stemma 4.

PROTECTOR DOMESTICVSiRole name: PROTECTOR DOMESTICVS under Julian and Jovian Soc. III 13, IV 1.8 (ἐν τοῖς οἰκείοις τοῦ βασιλέως ἐστρατεύετο), Joh. Ant. fr. 179; but his earlier career seems not to have been a very active one Zos. IV 4.1 (πρότερον μὲν ἀπράγμονα τρίψαντα βίον), Amm. XXXI 14.5 (nec bellicis nec liberalibus studiis eruditus).

TRIBVNVS STABVLIiRole name: TRIBVNVS STABVLI a. 364: appointed 364 March 1 Amm. XXVI 4.2 ‘Kalendis Martiis Valentem fratrem stabulo suo cum tribunatus dignitate praefecit’.

Proclaimed AugustusiRole name: Augustus 364 March 28 by his brother Valentinian I Amm. XXVI 4.3, Cons. Const. s.a. 364, Zos. IV 1.2, Soc. IV 1, Soz. VI 6.9, Theod. HE IV 6.3.

Died 378 Aug. 9 Amm. XXXI 12.10, 13.12ff., Cons. Const. s.a. 378, Zos. IV 24.2, Soc. IV 38.7, Soz. VI 40.3-5, Theod. HE IV 36.2.

He died aged nearly fifty Amm. XXXI 14.1.

Husband of Domnica, father of Carosa, Anastasia 2 and Valentinianus Galates. He was related to Equitius 1 Amm. XXXI 12.15.

See further Ρ-W VIIA 2097-2137.