Valens
Proper noun
Meaning
Valens
a Roman cognomen
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After returning to Los Angeles, Valens filmed an appearance in Alan Freed 's movie Go Johnny Go!
After learning of Sebastian's success against the Goths, and of Gratian's victory over the Alamanni, Valens was more than ready for a victory of his own.
Ammianus Marcellinus, Historiae, book 31, chapter 12. Richomeres, sent by Gratian, carried a letter asking Valens to wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Gratian before engaging in battle.
According to Ammianus, this is how Valens perished (XXXI.13.14-6).
An alternative story circulated after the battle that Valens had escaped the field with a bodyguard and some eunuchs, and hid in a peasant's cottage.
At 17, Valens was the youngest to die in the crash.