Valentinian I

By Andrew Coates for ED 325 Fall 2017

[virginiamontblanc]

Thanks for making this presentation. Wonderful.

[alecwineinger]

Thanks for makin this video, really helped shed more light on my reading about Valentinian.

[iDeathMaximuMII]

Constantius II was Constantine's middle son. Older being Constantine II & youngest being Constans

[eventhorizon]

I am sorry to have to highlight a good few mistakes and wrong facts that you have in this video. Constantius II. was Constantine the Great's son. Not his great grand son. That's quite important. Also Constantine was not strictly speaking a Christian but more of a sympathizing pagan. His baptism happened famously on his death bed.
Julian's campaign was pretty successful in military terms but had only little strategic gains to account for. He in fact won at Ctesiphon. He was not defeated there. He just didn't take the city, but the Persian army was thoroughly defeated there.
Most importantly Valentinian I. did not die in Trier, but in Savaria in Pannonia and it was the Quadi that had infuriated him to the point of suffering an aneurysm. Totally different episode and war. The Allemanni where long defeated and appeased at that point...

I would redo the video if I may suggest something.

[elefandados]

Pannonia is modern day Hungary, not Croatia

[haydenpetersen]

He sent Comes Theodosius to Britain, who is the father of Emperor Theodosius.

[TomSeliman]

Conatantius the II was the son of Constantine, not great grandson

[gerardvdelshout]

Nice vid but Sorry to say rather many innacuracies. Constantius II was one of Constantine’s 3 sons. Julian was called the Apostate because he renounced christianity for Paganism. Theodosius the elder, who defended Brittain was the father of Theodosius the younger who became emperor. Also Valentinian died at a conference with the Quadi at Brigetio, not the Allemani in Augusta Treverorum. And if you read the sources (Ammianus Marcelinus) the screaming was initiated after the surrendered Quadi chiefs would not vouch for their peers back in Quadi lands. And for the Romans building in Quadi territory.

[markcannon]

Julian was winning the battle but a damn Christian stabbed julian in the back