Tag: Emperor Valens
The Road to Adrianople
From the mid 370’s a frightening new nomadic force arrive out of Asia and into eastern Europe. These warrior people […]
The Aqueduct of Valens.
In modern Istanbul, standing impressively over the traffic on the busy Atatürk Bulvarı is the Aqueduct of Valens. (Today it […]
Emperor Valens: A reign under siege!
Valens was beset by serious problems from the moment he was first appointed by his older brother Valentinian, to rule […]
Brothers in power, migration and pending disaster!
This is the reverse of a solidus minted by Valens, which depicts Valens and his older brother Valentinian, seated on […]
