Valens

[ vey-luhnz ]

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noun

Fla·vi·us [fley, -vee-, uh, s], a.d. c328–378, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 364–378.

Valens

/ ˈveɪlɛnz /

Valens?328378MRomanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?328–378 ad , emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (364–378); appointed by his elder brother Valentinian I, emperor of the Western Empire

Fritigern expectedly appealed for aid from the Roman emperor Valens, this time in the form of asylum within Roman borders.

Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959.

Then there are artists like Ritchie Valens, who had great potential before tragically dying young in a plane crash.

The Sounds of East Los Angeles, an excavation of the underappreciated genre that gave us Ritchie Valens.

Constantine received the mention of Valens with indignation and contempt.

Valens was of a timid, and Valentinian of a choleric, disposition.

Valens, hearing of it, put him and them to death, and many others whose names began with these letters.

He concealed himself in the tomb of his father, where he remained four months, until Valens allowed him to return.

Five months after the death of Valens the Emperor Gratian did a deed perhaps unparalleled.

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