id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2160 Valerius Valens - Wikipedia .html text/html 1446 253 65 Aurelius Valerius Valens (died March 1, 317) was Roman Emperor from late 316 to March 1, 317. There, early in December 316, he elevated Valens to the rank of Augustus, presumably in order to secure his loyalty.[4] Much later, Licinius would use the same trick (with just as little success) in the second civil war with Constantine, by appointing Martinian co-emperor. After Licinius's indecisive defeat at Campus Ardiensis in later 316 / early 317, Constantine was still in the dominant position; from which he was able to force Licinius to recognize him as the senior emperor, depose Valens and appoint their sons as Caesars.[7] According to Petrus Patricius, he explicitly expressed his anger at the elevation of Valens by saying the following to the envoy of Mestrianus:[8] Constantine III with son Constans II Constantine IV with brothers Heraclius and Tiberius and then Justinian II as co-emperors ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2160.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2160.txt