Key facts
- 364
- Valentinian I
- 421
- Constantius III
- Status
- Imperial dynasty
- Capital
- Roma , Constantinopolis , Ravenna
- Government
- Absolute monarchy
- 364 375
- Valentinian I
- 375 383
- Gratian
- 388 392
- Valentinian II
- 392 421 421 425
- Interregnum
- 425 455
- Valentinian III
- 364 378
- Valens
- Historical era
- Late antiquity
- Battle of adrianople death of valens
- 9 August 378
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Roman Empire 100–500, with invading tribes and the Battle of Adrianople Command structure of Late Roman army High command structure of the West Roman army c. 410–425
The Valentinian dynasty, commonly known as the Valentinianic dynasty, was a ruling house of five generations of dynasts, including five Roman emperors during late antiquity, lasting nearly a hundred years from the mid fourth to the mid fifth century. They succeeded the Constantinian dynasty (r. 306–363) and reigned over the Roman Empire from 364 to 392 and from 425 to 455, with an interregnum (392–425), during which the Theodosian dynasty ruled and eventually succeeded them. The Theodosians, who intermarried into the Valentinian house, ruled concurrently in the east after 379.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valentinianic dynasty” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.