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Kaiser Valens und die heidnische Opposition
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ISBN: 3774926786 9783774926783 Year: 1995 Volume: 44 Publisher: Bonn Habelt


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La legislazione di Valentiniano e Valente (364-375)
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ISBN: 8814034281 9788814034282 Year: 1993 Volume: ser. 2a, 4 Publisher: Milano : A. Giuffrè,


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Themistius and Valens : Orations 6-13
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ISBN: 9781800856776 1800856776 Year: 2021 Publisher: Liverpool Liverpool University Press

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"Themistius and Valens offers the first complete English translation and analysis of Themistius' speeches for or on behalf of the emperor Valens (r. 364-378). As a Westerner and a Latin speaker, Valens had a tough job to convince the aristocracies of Constantinople and the East that he shared their expectations and knew how to preserve their wealth and security. By 364 Themistius already enjoyed huge influence. He was famous as a philosopher who was 'an exceptional citizen', and his leadership of the dramatic expansion of the Senate in 359 gave him the best address book in town. His ambition and political sense made him a perfect ally for communicating imperial policy and action. These speeches present the major issues Valens faced: his right to rule alongside the Western emperor, his brother Valentinian, his handling of the revolt of Procopius, his ability to manage the empire's economy and borders, his wars against the Goths and the Persians, his controversial religious and judicial policies, and the clever diplomatic work Themistius undertook for him in the lead up to his death in battle in 378."--

Failure of empire
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ISBN: 0520928539 1597346101 0520233328 0520283899 9780520928534 9780520233324 9781597346108 Year: 2002 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among history's great losers. By the time he was killed, his empire had been coming unglued for several years: the Goths had overrun the Balkans; Persians, Isaurians, and Saracens were threatening the east; the economy was in disarray; and pagans and Christians alike had been exiled, tortured, and executed in his religious persecutions. Valens had not, however, entirely failed in his job as emperor. He was an admirable administrator, a committed defender of the frontiers, and a ruler who showed remarkable sympathy for the needs of his subjects. In lively style and rich detail, Lenski incorporates a broad range of new material, from archaeology to Gothic and Armenian sources, in a study that illuminates the social, cultural, religious, economic, administrative, and military complexities of Valens's realm. Failure of Empire offers a nuanced reconsideration of Valens the man and shows both how he applied his strengths to meet the expectations of his world and how he ultimately failed in his efforts to match limited capacities to limitless demands.

Philological and historical commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXIII
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ISBN: 9789004299955 9789004353817 9789004251496 9060880358 9060880528 906088065X 9069800446 9789069800868 9789069801209 9789004123359 9789004142145 9789004163461 9789004180376 9789004215993 9789004261532 9060880358 9060880528 906088065X 9069800446 9789069800868 9069801205 9004123350 9789004142145 9789004163461 9789004180376 9789069800448 9004163468 9789004162129 9004162127 9004180370 9004215999 9004299955 900435381X 9789060880722 9786611939878 1281939870 9047423992 9786611936709 1281936707 9047421515 9786613356932 1283356937 9004224025 9786612951466 900418838X 1282951467 9004300929 9004353828 9789004224025 9789060880654 9069800861 9789060880524 9789047423997 9781281939876 6611939873 9789047421511 9781281936707 661193670X 9789004188389 9781282951464 661295146X Year: 1998 Volume: 289 Publisher: Groningen : Forsten,

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In Books 26–31 Ammianus Marcellinus deals with the period of the emperors Valentinian and Valens. The representatives of the new dynasty differ greatly from their predecessor Julian, both personally and in their style of government. The Empire is divided between the two rulers, and suffers increasingly from barbarian invasions. Faced with these changes, Ammianus adapts his historical method. His treatment of the events becomes less detailed and more critical. The years following on the death of Julian are painted in dark colours, as the disaster at Hadrianople casts its shadow before. The papers in this volume, on History and Historiography, Literary Composition and Crisis of Empire, were presented during the conference 'Ammianus after Julian' held in 2005.

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