Valentinian II

American  

Or Valentinianus II

noun

1. a.d. c371–392, emperor of the Western Roman Empire 375–392.

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Valentinian II British  

noun

1. 371–392 _ad , emperor of the Western Roman Empire (375–392), reigning jointly with his half brother Gratian until 383

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Valentinian II

This Gildo was a native, a Moor, to whom the ministers of the young Valentinian II had thought it a good stroke of policy to confide the government of the province.

From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent

Hearing that her daughter Eudoxia, wife of Valentinian II.,

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Valentinian II, Emperor, 20; expelled from Italy, 20; restored, 20; kills Maximus, 20.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

Gesner maintains that our method of shoeing horses was introduced by Vegetius under Valentinian II.

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Conybeare, Edward

The third Augustus, the young Valentinian II, acquired for the time an independent sphere of authority in Italy.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly