A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . of his people, and in his surroundingsallowed neither nepotism nor encroachment, an excellent general and VALENTINIAN I. AND VALENS. 249 brave soldier, he was given on slight provocation to shed blood, and thecorruption of his contemporaries made him an extremely harsh principle was merciless severity; the sternest judges and governorswere the most dear to him, and cruel executions were daily occur-rences under his rule. Though he wished to be absolutely just, whenonce he had selected his officia
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . of his people, and in his surroundingsallowed neither nepotism nor encroachment, an excellent general and VALENTINIAN I. AND VALENS. 249 brave soldier, he was given on slight provocation to shed blood, and thecorruption of his contemporaries made him an extremely harsh principle was merciless severity; the sternest judges and governorswere the most dear to him, and cruel executions were daily occur-rences under his rule. Though he wished to be absolutely just, whenonce he had selected his officials he trusted them unconditionally, andas he was repeatedly deceived in his choice, their villany led him intoterrible mistakes. But he could stand opposition, and in all questionsof state showed himself indefatigably persistent in the face of all dif-ficulties. His brother Valens resembled him strikingly, both in hisgood qualities and in his defects. Outwardly Valens was much better off than his brother. After thequelling of an insurrection in 366 in Constantinople, Thrace, and.
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