Pinarius Valens was a Roman nobleman mentioned in the Historia Augusta as an older relative of Pupienus, whom the Senate elected co-emperor with Balbinus in March 238.Historia Augusta, "Maximus et Balbinus", 5.5 After Pupienus ascended to the throne, he appointed Valens as praetorian prefect.Guy de La Bedoyere, Praetorian (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017), p. 246Historia Augusta, "Maximus et Balbinus", 4.4 His fate after the murder of the two emperors in June is unknown.
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