Valens (died 250 AD) is one of the Thirty Tyrants, a list of Roman usurpers compiled by the author(s) of the '' Historia Augusta''. According to ''Historia'', this Valens was the uncle or great-uncle of another usurper, Valens Thessalonicus, who revolted against Emperor

Gallienus Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empi ...

. Valens ''senior'' would have revolted in Illyria against an earlier emperor, and would have been killed by his own soldiers after few days, as happened to his nephew. It is possible that this Valens was Julius Valens Licinianus or Licinian, who usurped the purple in

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during the absence of the Emperor

Decius Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius ( 201 ADJune 251 AD), sometimes translated as Trajan Decius or Decius, was the emperor of the Roman Empire from 249 to 251. A distinguished politician during the reign of Philip the Arab, Decius was procl ...

in the war against the Goths (250), and who was quickly executed.

Aurelius Victor Sextus Aurelius Victor (c. 320 – c. 390) was a historian and politician of the Roman Empire. Victor was the author of a short history of imperial Rome, entitled ''De Caesaribus'' and covering the period from Augustus to Constantius II. The work ...

, ''Liber de Caesaribus'', 29.3; '' Epitome de Caesaribus'', 29.5

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''The Lives of the Thirty Pretenders''
at LacusCurtius 250 deaths Ancient Roman generals 3rd-century Roman usurpers Thirty Tyrants (Roman) Year of birth unknown Valens Licinianus {{AncientRome-bio-stub