Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D.
by
Noel Lenski
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2003
Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled reign (a.d. 364-78). Valens will always be remembered for his spectacular defeat and death at the hands of the Goths in the Battle of Adrianople. This singular misfortune won him a front-row seat among...