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Eighty Christian ministers are burnt to death on the order of Emperor Valens in a boat with Roman soldiers looking on from the safety of an adjacent boat. Etching. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Valens (c.328-378), Roman Emperor of the East (364-78). Unlike his brother and coruler of the West, Valentinian I, he embraced Arianism. He was killed in a disastrous defeat by the Visigoth at Adrianople. Theodosius I succeeded him
Valens and Arianism: Valens believed in a variation of Christianity called Arianism. Named after Arius, the priest who founded it, Arianism was considered heresy by the Catholics. The main difference between Catholics was the belief in the nature of Jesus Christ. The Catholics held that God comprised the Holy Trinity, whereas the Arians believed that Jesus was, although divine, still subservient and of lesser importance than the Father. The majority of Goths kept faith with the Arian religion and Emperor Valens had many gothic troops in his army
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