[1] Father of the emperors Valens and Valentinianus
The father of emperors Valens and Valentinianus. Born near Cibalae. A man of low origins who rose in the military: between AD 305 and 316 he was protector domesticus in Salona, in about 321 tribunus in Illyricum, later comes in Africa and Britain. In 350/1 he was as a private person host to the usurper Magnentius and was punished with confiscation of his property. His sons arranged for a…