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Valentinian I
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Valentinian I, Emperor of Rome and provinces of the Roman Empire.
Name commonly known as: Valentinian
I
Latin Roman Name: Flavius Valentinianus
Reigned as Roman
Emperor / Caesar: 26 February - 28
March 364 alone and 26 March 364 -
17 November 375 as emperor of the
west, with his brother emperor in
the east
Dynasty / Historical Period: The Valentinian dynasty
(364 - 394) derives its name from the first of the dynasty's
Emperors - Valentinian I. Orthodox Christianity became the
officially tolerated variant of the
faith and the Empire became
irrevocably split into two halves.
Place and Date of Birth:
Born 321 at Cibalae, Pannonia
Name of previous Emperor: His predecessor or the Emperor before Valentinian I was
Jovian
Family connections / Genealogy
*** Name of
Father: Gratian the Elder
*** Name of Mother: Unknown
*** Married:
*** *** Marina Severa
*** *** Justina
Children: Gratian by Marina Severa
and Valentinian II, Galla and Justa by Justina
Place and Date of Death:
Died 17 November 375 at Brigetio on the Danube
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Jovian died on 17 February 364, en route to Constantinople,
after a reign of only eight months. There are many rumours
that Jovian was murdered by being smothered to death or
poisoned with mushrooms. When Jovian died, the army
chose another soldier named Valentinian, a stout, brave,
rough man, with little education but a good Christian. As
soon as he reached Constantinople, he divided the empire
with his brother Valens, whom he left to rule the East,
while he himself went to govern the West, chiefly from
Milan, for the Emperors were not fond of living at Rome,
partly because the remains of the Senate interfered with
their full grandeur, and partly because there were old
customs that were inconvenient to a Christian Emperor. He
was in general just and honest in his dealings, but when he
was angry he could be cruel, and it is said he had two bears
to whom criminals were thrown. His brother Valens was a
weaker and less able man. Ambrose, the Archbishop of Milan,
taught Gratian, Valentinian's eldest son. Gratian was a good
and promising youth. Valentinian's second wife was named
Justina; and when he died, as it is said, from breaking a
blood-vessel in a fit of rage, in 375, the Western Empire
was shared between her little son Valentinian and Gratian.
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