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Valentinian II (Latin: Valentinianus; 371 – 15 May 392) was a Roman emperor in the western part of the Roman Empire between AD 375 and 392. He was at first junior co-ruler of his half-brother, then was sidelined by a usurper, and finally became sole ruler after 388, albeit with limited de facto powers.
Most could not tell the difference between Valentinian and orthodox teaching." [47] This was partially because Valentinus used many books that now belong to the Old and New Testaments as a basis for interpretation in his own writing. He based his work on proto-orthodox Christian canon instead of on Gnostic scripture, and his style was similar ...
The Tripartite Tractate is a Valentinian Gnostic work. The date is estimated to the second half of the third century [1] or the fourth century but is "most likely based on an earlier Greek version." [2] It is the second-longest text in the Nag Hammadi library. It is the fifth tractate of the first codex, known as the Jung Codex. It is untitled ...
Valentinian I's two sons, Gratian and Valentinian II both became emperors. Valentinian I's daughter Galla married Theodosius the Great, the emperor of the eastern empire, who with his descendants formed the Theodosian dynasty (r. 379–457). In turn, their daughter, Galla Placidia married a later emperor, Constantius III (r. 421–421).
The ideas expressed deviate from the views of Valentinian gnosticism. [6] The writing is thought [by whom?] to cite or allude to the New Testament Gospels of Matthew and John, as well as 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, Hebrews, 1 John and the Book of Revelation. [citation needed] It cites John's Gospel the most often.
Valentinian's prejudice against the Roman nobility brought the two men close together. The praefectus urbi of Rome, Olybrius was ill and weak, so Maximinus took the chance to seize the judicial authority. [2] Historian Ammianus Marcellinus gives a detailed description about these unjust trials in the 28th book of his work. He calls Maximinus a ...
Valentinian may refer to: Valentinian I or Valentinian the Great (321–375), Western Roman emperor from 364 to 375; Valentinian II (371–392), Western Roman Emperor from 375 to 392; Valentinian III (419–455), Western Roman Emperor from 425 to 455; Valentinus (Gnostic), theologian and founder of Valentinianism; Valentinian, a Jacobean-era ...
[2] [3] In 367 Roman Britain was threatened by the Great Conspiracy, defeated 368–369 by the magister equitum Theodosius the Elder, accompanied by his son Theodosius. [2] [3] [1] At this time was the unsuccessful usurpation in Britain by Valentinus. [3] Theodosius the Elder was made magister equitum in 369, and retained the post until 375. [1]