brother Valentinian and treated St. Basil mildly, both of whom supported the Nicene position. Not long after Valens died the cause of Arianism in the Roman East was to come to an end. His successor Theodosius I made Nicene Christianity the state religion of Rome and suppressed the Arians. Notes Citations References External links Laws of Valens This list of Roman laws of the fourth century shows laws passed by Valens relating to Christianity. 328 births 378 deaths 4th-century Arian Christians 4th-century Roman emperors 4th-century Roman consuls People from Vinkovci Deified Roman emperors Gothic War (376–382) Illyrian people Imperial Roman consuls Last of the Romans Roman emperors killed in battle Valentinianic dynasty Roman consuls who died in office Romans from Pannonia Illyrian emperors