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Perhaps someone can clear this up for me. Early in the article it is stated:

   Rome came into collision with barbarian peoples never heard before. Specifically the Burgundians, the Saxons and the Alamanni.

While not thoroughly versed in Valentinian's reign or the Alamanni's travels, I'd like to point out that the Alamanni had already repeatedly fought Rome. I'd point to many previous emperor's articles, including Constantius Chlorus'. I wanted to check to see what was thought before changing anything.

I removed the part that states 'never of (sic) heard before'. The Burgundians (Burgundi) lived on the borders of the empire, so I think that it's unlikely that the Romans were unaware of their presence. EvilOverlordX 20:17, 20 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

=="He was the last emperor to have de facto control of the entire empire. "== not

See Theodosius. 74.88.202.18 (talk) 20:46, 9 July 2010 (UTC)captcrisis[reply]

Theodosius did not have de facto control of Illyricum. --Tataryn77 (talk) 00:49, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For a very short time (between his defeat of Eugenius/Arbogast and his own death, Theodosius had control of the entire empire, even though his son Arcadius was already co-Emperor. Str1977 ^(talk) 06:56, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

too much

this article has too much about Julian. If the info is not in the article on Julian, somebody needs to move it there. Otherwise there should be simply a link to the article on Julian. 4.249.63.215 (talk) 18:58, 21 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reputation

I have read that he kept bears in his palace and fed people to them, could this be added to reputation? cant find sources though — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.181.28.121 (talk) 14:36, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Read Ammianus. 2A02:AA1:101E:1068:D95F:5C86:BEA4:18DB (talk) 20:27, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

John Gower in Confessio Amantis V.6395 talks about a Roman emperor named Valentian. He is described as a virgin and a defender of chastity. Gower segues into a tale of Agamenon without saying much about Valentian.Rdmoore6 (talk) 19:58, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Tsunami of 365

I find it amazing that the worst natural disaster to hit the Med in over two thousand years went unmentioned. I noticed a mention of a revolt in the area around six years later. Might the fact that every single city on the north African coast was destroyed have something to do with it?Ericl (talk) 22:03, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's an exaggeration - see the article on the Cretan earthquake of 365 A.D. for more info. 104.169.37.99 (talk) 17:32, 10 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Potential change of lead image

The coin portrait currently at the head of this article (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gold_Solidus_of_Valens,_Antioch.jpg), while otherwise bright and attractive, has two large scars perilously close to the portrait's nose. I've never been able to suggest an alternative, since the selection of Valentinian's coins on Commons is rather sparse.

I just saw the following: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valentinianus_I._-_M%C3%BCnzkabinett,_Berlin_-_5471988.jpg Is there any appetite in the community for cropping that to the side bearing a portrait, and using it instead of the current image? ManuelKomnenos (talk) 14:56, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]