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IMPERIAL BROTHERS: Valentinian, Valens and the Disaster at Adrianople
Ian Hughes
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Hardback. Original dual biography of the brothers Valentinian and Valens allows comparison of their achievements and contrasting reputations Detailed coverage of the crucial events of leading upto the Battle of Hadrianople, the battle itself and its aftermath. Discussion of the Roman armies of the period and their enemies. Num Pages: 282 pages, 16pp plates, 10 b/w maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 36. Weight in Grams: 666.
The latest of Ian Hughes' Late Roman biographies here tackles the careers of the brother emperors, Valentinian and Valens. Valentian was selected and proclaimed as emperor in AD 364, when the Empire was still reeling from the disastrous defeat and death in battle of Julian the Apostate (363) and the short reign of his murdered successor, Jovian (364). With the Empire weakened and vulnerable to a victorious Persia in the East and opportunistic Germanic tribes along the Rhine and Danube frontiers, not to mention usurpers and rebellions within, it was not an enviable position. Valentian decided the responsibility had to ... Read more
The latest of Ian Hughes' Late Roman biographies here tackles the careers of the brother emperors, Valentinian and Valens. Valentian was selected and proclaimed as emperor in AD 364, when the Empire was still reeling from the disastrous defeat and death in battle of Julian the Apostate (363) and the short reign of his murdered successor, Jovian (364). With the Empire weakened and vulnerable to a victorious Persia in the East and opportunistic Germanic tribes along the Rhine and Danube frontiers, not to mention usurpers and rebellions within, it was not an enviable position. Valentian decided the responsibility had to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
657g
Number of Pages
303
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848844179
SKU
V9781848844179
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About Ian Hughes
Ian Hughes is a former teacher and now a full-time military historian. He specializes in Late Roman history and is the author of Belisarius, The Last Roman General (2008), Stilicho, the Vandal Who Saved Rome (forthcoming 2010) and Aetius: Atilla's Nemesis (2012). He lives in a small, former mining village near Barnsley in South Yorkshire.
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