Valens

[ vey-luhnz ]

/ ˈveɪ lənz /

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noun

Fla·vi·us

[fley-vee-uhs], /ˈfleɪ vi əs/, a.d. c328–378, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 364–378.

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How to use Valens in a sentence

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Then there are artists like Ritchie Valens, who had great potential before tragically dying young in a plane crash.
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The Sounds of East Los Angeles, an excavation of the underappreciated genre that gave us Ritchie Valens.
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Constantine received the mention of Valens with indignation and contempt.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon

Valens was of a timid, and Valentinian of a choleric, disposition.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon
Valens, hearing of it, put him and them to death, and many others whose names began with these letters.
Notes and Queries, Number 241, June 10, 1854|Various
He concealed himself in the tomb of his father, where he remained four months, until Valens allowed him to return.
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Five months after the death of Valens the Emperor Gratian did a deed perhaps unparalleled.
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British Dictionary definitions for Valens

Valens

/ (ˈveɪlɛnz) /

noun

?328–378 ad, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (364–378); appointed by his elder brother Valentinian I, emperor of the Western Empire

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