Valentinus

Family: Treviri · Role: general · First appears: Histories IV.71-73

Life events

Valentinus and Tutor killed the Roman officers Herennius and Numisius to reduce hopes of pardon.(Histories IV.67-70)
- With: Tutor Herennius Numisius
- “Valentinus and Tutor then led the Treviri forcibly back into the field, but first they killed the two Roman officers, Herennius and Numisius.”
Petilius Cerialis's cavalry captured Valentinus after routing the Treviri.(Histories IV.71-73 · 📍 Rigodulum)
- With: Petilius Cerialis
- “Some of our cavalry, who had ridden round by an easier gradient, captured several Belgic chieftains, including their general, Valentinus.”
Valentinus was condemned to death and executed after the Treviri were defeated.(Histories IV.82-85)
- “He was allowed a hearing, merely to see what he was made of, and condemned to death. At his execution some one cast it in his teeth that his country was conquered”

enemies with Herennius “Valentinus and Tutor then led the Treviri forcibly back into the field, but first they killed the two Roman officers, Herennius and Numisius.”
enemies with Numisius “Valentinus and Tutor then led the Treviri forcibly back into the field, but first they killed the two Roman officers, Herennius and Numisius.”

enemies with Petilius Cerialis “Here, on a spot protected by the mountains on one side and the Moselle on the other, Valentinus had already taken his stand with a large force of Treviri. His camp had been strengthened with trenches and stone barricades, but these fortifications had no terrors for the Roman general. He ordered the infantry to force the position in front, while the cavalry were to ascend the hill. Valentinus' hurriedly assembled forces filled him with contempt, for he knew that whatever advantage their position might give them, the superior morale of his men would outweigh it. A short delay was necessary while the cavalry climbed the hill, exposed to the enemy's fire. But when the fight began, the Treviri tumbled headlong down the hill like a house falling. Some of our cavalry, who had ridden round by an easier gradient, captured several Belgic chieftains, including their general, Valentinus.”

enemies with Petilius Cerialis “The very fact that they have just won an unexpected victory over Valentinus' undisciplined bands serves to confirm them and their general in imprudence.”
enemies with Civilis “The very fact that they have just won an unexpected victory over Valentinus' undisciplined bands serves to confirm them and their general in imprudence. They will venture out again and will fall, not into the hands of an inexperienced boy, who knows more about making speeches than war, but into the hands of Civilis and Classicus, at the sight of whom they will recall their fears and their flights and their famine, and remember how often they have had to beg their lives from their captors.”
enemies with Classicus “The very fact that they have just won an unexpected victory over Valentinus' undisciplined bands serves to confirm them and their general in imprudence. They will venture out again and will fall, not into the hands of an inexperienced boy, who knows more about making speeches than war, but into the hands of Civilis and Classicus, at the sight of whom they will recall their fears and their flights and their famine, and remember how often they have had to beg their lives from their captors.”

enemies with Domitian (Valentinus, leader of the defeated Treviri, was condemned to death in the context of Domitian and Mucianus's victory.) “Domitian and Mucianus were now on their way to the Alps. Before reaching the mountains they received the good news of the victory over the Treviri, the truth of which was fully attested by the presence of their leader Valentinus. His courage was in no way crushed and his face still bore witness to the proud spirit he had shown. He was allowed a hearing, merely to see what he was made of, and condemned to death.”
enemies with Mucianus (Valentinus, leader of the defeated Treviri, was condemned to death in the context of Domitian and Mucianus's victory.) “Domitian and Mucianus were now on their way to the Alps. Before reaching the mountains they received the good news of the victory over the Treviri, the truth of which was fully attested by the presence of their leader Valentinus. His courage was in no way crushed and his face still bore witness to the proud spirit he had shown. He was allowed a hearing, merely to see what he was made of, and condemned to death.”

Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.