POLITICIAN

Valens

328 - 378

Valens

Valens (Ancient Greek: Ουάλης, romanized: Ouálēs; 328 – 9 August 378) was Roman emperor from 364 to 378. Following a largely unremarkable military career, he was named co-emperor by his elder brother Valentinian I, who gave him the eastern half of the Roman Empire to rule. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valens has received more than 1,057,900 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Valens is the 590th most popular politician (down from 588th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Croatia and the 4th most popular Croatian Politician.

Valens was the Eastern Roman Emperor from 364-378. He was most famous for his defeat at the Battle of Adrianople, which led to the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Memorability Metrics

1.1M
Page Views (PV)
72.51
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
66
Languages Editions (L)
9.76
Effective Languages (L*)
3.64
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Valens ranks 590 out of 19,576. Before him are Constantius II, Abdülaziz, Sitting Bull, Abū Lahab, Mithridates VI of Pontus, and Chandragupta Maurya. After him are Valentinian III, Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, Juliana of the Netherlands, Æthelstan, Aurelian, and Didius Julianus.

Others Born in 328

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Valens
POLITICIAN
328 - 378
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 1

Others Deceased in 378

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Valens
POLITICIAN
328 - 378
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 1
Balamber
POLITICIAN
313 - 378
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 2

In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Valens ranks 6 out of 700. Before him are Nikola Tesla (1856), Josip Broz Tito (1892), Diocletian (244), Rüstem Pasha (1500), and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (-63). After him are Franjo Tuđman (1922), János Kádár (1912), Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711), Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934), Pope John IV (600), and Pope Caius (250).

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Nikola Tesla
INVENTOR
1856 - 1943
HPI: 90.08
Rank: 1
Josip Broz Tito
POLITICIAN
1892 - 1980
HPI: 83.72
Rank: 2
Diocletian
POLITICIAN
244 - 311
HPI: 81.08
Rank: 3
Rüstem Pasha
POLITICIAN
1500 - 1561
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 4
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
MILITARY PERSONNEL
63 BC - 12 BC
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 5
Valens
POLITICIAN
328 - 378
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 6
Franjo Tuđman
POLITICIAN
1922 - 1999
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 7
János Kádár
POLITICIAN
1912 - 1989
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 8
Roger Joseph Boscovich
ASTRONOMER
1711 - 1787
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 9
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
PSYCHOLOGIST
1934 - 2021
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 10
Pope John IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
600 - 642
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 11
Pope Caius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
250 - 296
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 12