# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valens-thessalonicus
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:11:02.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valens-thessalonicus"
name: "Valens Thessalonicus"
slug: "valens-thessalonicus"
description: "Valens Thessalonicus was a Roman usurper active in Achaea during the reign of Emperor Gallienus in the mid-3rd century. He was proclaimed emperor by his troops in 261 CE during the period of political and military turmoil known as the Crisis of the Third Century. Valens's brief revolt occurred while Gallienus faced a series of simultaneous uprisings across the empire following the capture of his father, Emperor Valerian, by the Persian king Shapur I."
tagline: "3rd century Roman imperial usurper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valens_Thessalonicus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "300"
deathDate: "261"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.02
  momentum:             3.076923076923078
  historical:           10.94013733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Валент Фессалонікійський"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Валент Солонийски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valent_Tessal%C3%B2nic"
    title: "Valent Tessalònic"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valens_Thessalonicus"
    title: "Valens Thessalonicus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%82"
    title: "Βάλης Θεσσαλονικεύς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valens_Thessalonicus"
    title: "Valens Thessalonicus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valente_Tesal%C3%B3nico"
    title: "Valente Tesalónico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valens_Thessalonicus"
    title: "Valens Thessalonicus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%A1_%D7%AA%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "ואלנס תסלוניקוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valente_Tessalonico"
    title: "Valente Tessalonico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valens_(usurpator)"
    title: "Valens (usurpator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valente_Tessal%C3%B4nico"
    title: "Valente Tessalônico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Валент Фессалоникийский"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q656609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump