History of Europe

Let's talk about the reign of Valerintianus I, Valence Gratianus, and Valerintianus II!

When Julian died, a man named Jovianus became emperor, followed by Valerintian I, the emperor of the Roman Empire.

The first Germanic emperor of the Roman Empire:Valerintianus I

The strength of the Romans is that they assimilate even their enemies.

Since the time of the royal system, Rome has been headed by the Abini and Etruscans, but the Germanic people, who can be said to be their greatest nemesis, became emperors for the first time.

Born in what is now Hungary, or around Serbia and Montenegro, he has been a Roman military commander since his father's generation. By this time, many Germanic people were already living in Roman territory, and it was not uncommon for soldiers and Germanic people to be enemies and Germanic people.

He also accompanied Julian's expedition to Persia, becoming the next emperor of Jovianus, who died along the way.

Even his nemesis Germanic, he was a Christian, so it may be that he was the only one who could suppress the Christian soldiers. As soon as he is crowned, he raises his younger brother Valence to the position of co-emperor.

From then on, Valentianus will be in charge of the western territory of the empire, and Valence will be in charge of the eastern territory.

The one word for the reign of Valerintianus was the fight against the Germanic people.

  • Franks
  • Burgundians
  • Vandals
  • Alemanni
  • Picto tribe
  • Scott
  • Anglo
  • Saxons
  • Goths

These are the tribes that fought against Emperor Valerintianus.

All are the main tribes of the Middle Ages and the peoples who are the rulers of the present world.

He fought well, but there were too many of his enemies.

Most of the soldiers who fought under Valerintianus were Germanic, and their enemies and allies were Germanic.

He hasn't done much other than fighting. Suffice it to say, he returned the politics of Justinian to the original politics of Constantine, that is, he began to give preferential treatment to Christianity again.

He did not seem to be involved in the Christian denominational struggle, but he seemed keen on cracking down on antichrist forces, and there are records of the murder of a Roman senator. One theory is that one-third of the Roman Senate is being executed for emperor treason. Later views of Christian history do not blame this. Because he was a man who was devoted to God.

Killing one person is a crime, but killing many people in a war makes you a hero.

Was this Chaplin's word? Valerintianus is an adult who helped spread the sacred Christianity. He may die except for Christians. For Christians who think so.

Emperor Valerintianus died of a stroke in Hungary.

It was 375 years.

Germanic migration

In 375 AD, the Germanic people began a major migration, as described in world history textbooks.

I will write a separate article about the details, but I ran away because the Hun tribe of the Mongolian horsemen attacked from the north.

This Huns seems to be the same clan as Xiongnu, and seems to have a blood connection with us Japanese. Thanks to this Huns, the theory of yellow peril will be raised later, but it is a story more than 1000 years ago.

The Germanic people have fled the Huns and instead launched a large invasion into the Roman Empire.

It has been invaded until now, but it was like attacking a village or town and returning after looting, but this time it literally asked for migration.

This coincided with the death of Valerin Tianus.

Valence

Valence was an emperor with no particular characteristics other than being the younger brother of Valerintianus.

After the death of Emperor Valerintianus, he remained the eastern emperor of the empire, giving the Goths the right to live in the territory when he suppressed the rebellion of Procopius, a maternal relative of Julian.

He seemed to have had the Goths defend their borders, but he was defeated and killed in the Battle of Adrianoples (Adrianople) in the Goths rebellion.

It can be said that it is the biggest defeat since the beginning of Rome.

Emperor Gratian

Born as the eldest son of Valerin Tianus I, Gratian became emperor to the west of the empire at the age of only seven.

At the end of every dynasty, the childhood emperor will take the throne, which is a classic example.

When Emperor Valence is killed in the Battle of Adrianople, Gratian will succeed him.

At that time, he thought that it was impossible to rule the vast Roman Empire alone, and appointed Theodosius as the eastern emperor.

Theodosius was the son of the Alliance of General Theodosius, who was active in his father's generation, and was actually the person executed by Gratian.

Theodosius demanded the rehabilitation of his father as a condition of the emperor's coronation, which Gratian accepted.

Before she became emperor, she married Constantius, the grandson of Constantine, when Gratian was 15 and Constantius was 12.

All he did was refuse to assume the position of Pontifex maximus, except to place Theodosius as the eastern emperor, and to remove the statue of the goddess of victory from the Senate in Rome. This effectively denies the Roman gods and indicates that the Roman emperor himself accepted the ground rule by YHVH. The empire of this time would no longer be a Roman empire.

In 383, when General Maximus raised troops in Britannia, he went to subdue it, but the betrayal of his subordinates made him a man who could not return.

Valerintianus II

Valerintianus II was born to Valerintianus I and his second wife, Justina.

His mother was an avid Arian. Athanasius was dominant at the Council of Nicaea, but the majority of the common sense was that Jesus was a human being, so the Arians were actually the majority.

When Valerintianus died, II became the co-emperor of Gratian at the age of four.

Although he was just a name emperor, he was still an emperor, and the second generation attempted a peace treaty by recognizing Maximus, who killed his brother, as an emperor, but escaped from the invading Maximus and began to rely on Theodosius.

At this time, he makes his sister theodosius.

Theodosius, who overthrew Maximus, regained his position as Roman emperor, but only the puppet of Theodosius, and he died in 392.

There is no evidence that Theodosius killed him.

Personal evaluation of the reign of Valerintianus I, Valence Gratianus, and Valerintianus II

The reigns other than Emperor Valerintianus were very short.

The reign was devoted to Germanic measures, and they couldn't be dealt with at all. A young emperor was also born, and there was also an emperor who was just named the Roman emperor.

It can be said that the Roman emperor was virtually at the mercy of the Christian forces, partly due to the darkening of Ambrosius, who was a bishop of Milan during this period.

It can be said that Rome was already destroyed when the Senate, which was the decision-making body of Rome, died and its symbolic goddess of victory was removed.

Something else in the shape of Rome.

The empire will accelerate the role of Theodosius as a minion of Christ.

The collapse of Rome, which everyone knows, was obvious to everyone.