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| Valentinian I ( - November 17, ) was a Roman emperor of the West ( - ). He was born at Cibalis, in Pannonia. He had been an officer of the guard under Julian and Jovian, and had risen high in the imperial service. Of robust frame and distinguished appearance, he possessed great courage and military capacity. Valentinian i biography examplesHe was chosen emperor in his forty-third year by the officers of the army at Nicaea in Bithynia on February 28, , and shortly afterwards named his brother Valens colleague with him in the empire. As emperor of the West, Valentinian took Italy, Illyricum, Spain, the Gauls, Britain and Africa, leaving to Valens the eastern half of the Balkan peninsula, Greece, Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor as far as Persia. They were immediately confronted by the revolt of Procopius, a relativ |