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In the first civil war between Licinius and Constantine I a truce had been made on October 8 314 , but in 316 Licinius knew this wouldn't hold for much longer. Early in December that year he appointed Valens as co-emperor to make it clear to Constantine he was fed up with his brother-in-law. Valens had previously been '' Dux Limitis '' in Dacia , but otherwise we know practically nothing about him. This is problably caused by the very short time he was emperor, for after the defeat of Licinius at Campus Ardiensis on March 1 317 Constantine forced Licinius to execute Valens, which happened sometime later. Licinius would use the same trick (with as much success) in the second civil war with Constantine by appointing Martinianus co-emperor. EXTERNAL LINK |