Valentinian

The discipline of the soldiers was relaxed by too long peace; and, in short, Valentinian, under the guardianship of his mother, lost more than he could have done if he had been a helpless orphan.

The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872

Valentinian is related by Ammianus, (xxvii. 10;) and celebrated by

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Valentinian, is the firm and temperate impartiality which he uniformly preserved in an age of religious contention.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

The polygamy of Valentinian is seriously attested by an ecclesiastical historian.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Her first venture in this direction was as the Eunuch of "Valentinian," wherein she donned boy's attire, and was much more successful in masculine garb than have been not a few better artists.

The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Edward Robins 1902

"Valentinian" have almost more splendour than any of Shakespeare's, though never quite the intimate beauty, the singing spontaneity of

Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Edmund Gosse 1888

Two Noble Kinsmen, "is hardly so limpid in its flow, so liquid in its melody, as the two great songs in" Valentinian ": but Herrick, our last poet of that incomparable age or generation, has matched them again and again.

The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 Robert Herrick 1632

But where the Germans had formerly been incorporated into Roman legions under Roman generals, Valentinian let the Goths keep their own leaders and their own command structure, fighting as foederati — allies rather than citizens.

superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010

But there was not enough gold in the treasury to pay the number of soldiers the empire needed, as Valentinian discovered at the start of his reign.

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The new emperor, Valentinian I, inherited the worst position in the history of the empire.

superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010