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Failure of Empire
The Joan Palevsky
Imprint in Classical Literature
In honor of beloved Virgil—
“O degli altri poeti onore e lume . . .”
—Dante,
Inferno
Failure of Empire
Valens and the Roman State
in the Fourth Century
a.d.
Noel Lenski
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley
Los Angeles
London
The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous
contribution to this book provided by Joan Palevsky.
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 2002 by The Regents of the University of California
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lenski, Noel Emmanuel, 1965–
Failure of empire : Valens and the Roman state in the fourth
century
a.d.
/ Noel Lenski.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–520–23332–8 (alk. paper)
1. Valens, Emperor of the East, ca. 328–378. 2. Byzantine
Empire —History—Valens, 364–378. 3. Valentinian I, Emperor
of Rome, 321–375. 4. Rome —History—Valentinian I, 364–
375. I. Title.
DF559 .L46 2002
949.5'9013—dc21
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chlorine-free (TCF ). It meets the minimum requirements of
ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R 1997)
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