Gratian
Gratian: emperor of the Roman world (r. 367-383).
Names:
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Victoria on a coin of Gratian - 24 Augustus 367: Imperator Caesar Flavius Gratianus Augustus
- 25 August 383: murdered
Successor of: Valentinian I
Relatives:
- father: Valentinian I
- mother: Marina Severa
- married to: Constantia (daughter of Constantius II); Laeta
Main deeds:
- 366 Consul (with Dagalaifus)
- 367 Proclaimed emperor in Amiens
- 368 Takes part in Valentinian's Alamannic wars; accepts the titles Germanicus maximus, Alamannicus maximus, and Francicus maximus
- 369 Valens defeats the Visigoths; all emperors accept the title Gothicus maximus
- 371 Consul II (with Sextus Claudius Petronius Probus)
- 374 Consul III (with Flavius Equitius); marries Constantia (daughter of Constantius II)
- 375 Death of Valentinian I; sole ruler in the west
- 376 Visits Rome; celebrates Decennalia
- 377 Consul IV (with Flavius Merobaudes)
- 378 War against the Alamans; Valens defeated and killed in action by Fritigern's Tervingi at Adrianople;Theodosius I made emperor in the east
- 379 Gratianus recognizes Theodosius; Edict againt heresy
- 380 Consul V (with Theodosius); Gratianus defeats the Alamans; Visigoths settled in Pannonia
- 382 The altar of Victoria removed from the Curia Julia; end of state payment to pagan cults; first senatorial deputation to Gratian
- 383 Death of Constantia; Gratianus marries Laeta; war against the Alamans in Raetia; revolt of Magnus Maximus; captured by Andragathius, an officer of Magnus; executed
Succeeded by: Magnus Maximus
- 382 After Gratian declined to use the title of pontifex maximus, it is accepted by the pope; Jerome arrives in Rome and starts translating the Vulgata