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name	Valens aqueduct bridge – Restoration
event type	Restoration
start date	576
end date	576
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installations	Valens aqueduct bridge
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description	According to Theophanes, the Valens aqueduct bridge was repaired by Justin II (r. 565-578) in 576 after a period of neglect due to his predecessor Justinian I’s (r. 527-565) stinginess. This alleged neglect is also attested in a contemporary 6th century source: Procopius’ Secret History.
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#	Code	Page	Excerpt
1	Müller-Wiener 1977	273
2	Procopius 550 Williamson	171-172	(Secret History 26.23) The city's aqueduct had broken and was carrying only a fraction of the usual quantity of water into the city. But Their Majesties took no notice and would not spend a penny on it, though there was always a great crowd of people round the fountains with their tongues hanging out, and all the public baths were closed ... it was not the desire to save money but the set purpose of destroying his fellow-men that led him to neglect the rebuilding of the aqueduct.
3	Theophanes 814	367	(Chronicle AM 6068) In this year Justin repaired the great aqueduct of Valens and supplied the city with abundant water.