Valentinian I

321 – 375 · Generation IV · Emperor (West) (r. 364–375) · Valentinian · Theodosian

Valentinian (AD 321 – 375). Emperor (West) (r. 364–375). Married Marina Severa; the marriage was dissolved in AD 375. Married Justina. Founder of the Valentinianic dynasty; brother of Valens. The son of a Pannonian military officer, he climbed the ranks under Constantius II, Julian, and Jovian before being acclaimed emperor; he promptly handed the East to his brother Valens and kept the West, becoming the second-last emperor ever to govern the whole empire alone. His reign was defined by the frontiers: successful wars against the Alamanni, Quadi, and Sarmatians, campaigns beyond the rivers, and a determined strengthening of the Rhine and Danube fortifications. He dispatched the general Theodosius the Elder to crush a revolt in Africa and to break the Great Conspiracy, when Picts, Scoti, and Saxons fell upon Roman Britain in concert. He died of a stroke while receiving envoys of the Quadi in Pannonia.

One of 13 people of Valentinian · Theodosian (321–460) in this archive. The emperors who saw the western half fall away while the east held.

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Parents

• Gratian (283 – 350)

Siblings

• Valens (328 – 378)

Partners

• Married Marina Severa (326 – ?); the marriage was dissolved in 375 — one child together
• Married Justina (340 – 388) — 2 children together

Children

• Gratian (359 – 383)
• Valentinian II (371 – 392)
• Galla (359 – 394)

Life

• 321 — Born
• 375 — Parted from Marina Severa
• 375 — Died