CHAPTER XLIII

JOVIAN TO THEODOSIUS (363-395 A.D.) 510

Election of Jovian (Flavius Claudius Jovianus), 510. Sapor assails the Romans, 511. The humiliation of the Romans, 512. Valentinian and Valens, 516. Invasion of the Goths in the East; battle of Hadrianopolis and death of Valens, 520. Valens marches against the Goths, 523. Theodosius named Augustus, 525. Virtues of Theodosius, 528. Tumult in Antioch, 529. The sedition of Thessalonica, 531. Theodosius and Ambrose, 532. Last days of Theodosius, 534.

THE DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE (395-408 A.D.) 535

Arcadius and Honorius succeed Theodosius, 535. Alaric invades Greece, 543.