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(“valentinian I” (latin: flavius valentinianus augustus; ‘3 july 321′ – ’17 november 375′), also known as valentinian the great, was ‘roman emperor’ from ‘364’ to ‘375’)
(upon becoming ’emperor’, he made his brother ‘valens’ his ‘co-emperor’, giving him rule of the ‘eastern provinces’ while ‘valentinian’ retained the ‘west’)
(during his reign, Valentinian fought successfully against the ‘Alamanni’, ‘Quadi’, and ‘Sarmatians’)
(most notable was his victory over the ‘Alamanni’ in 367 at the ‘Battle of Solicinium’)
(his brilliant general ‘Count Theodosius’ defeated a revolt in ‘Africa’ and the ‘Great Conspiracy’, a coordinated assault on ‘Roman Britain’ by ‘Picts’, ‘Scots’, and ‘Saxons’)
(‘Valentinian; was also the last emperor to conduct campaigns across both the ‘Rhine’ and ‘Danube’ rivers)
(Valentinian rebuilt and improved the fortifications along the frontiers, even building fortresses in enemy territory)
(due to the successful nature of his reign and the rapid decline of the empire after his death, he is often considered to be the “last great western emperor”)
(he founded the ‘valentinian dynasty’, with his sons ‘gratian’ and ‘valentinian II’ succeeding him in the western half of the ’empire’)
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