Gratian

Regnal name
	Imperator Caesar Flavius Gratianus Augustus

Gratian
Gratian
	Bust possibly representing Gratian found in Trier.
Roman emperor (in the West)
Augustus	24 August 367 – 25 August 383 (senior from 17 November 375)
Predecessor	Valentinian I
Successor	Magnus Maximus
Co-rulers	Valentinian I (367–375); Valens (East, 367–378); Valentinian II (375–383); Theodosius I (East, 379–383); Arcadius (East, 383);
Born	18 April 359; Sirmium, Pannonia Secunda (present-day Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia)
Died	25 August 383 (aged 24); Lugdunum, Gallia Lugdunensis (present-day Lyon, France)
Burial	Imperial mausoleum at Mediolanum (now Sant'Aquilino, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan)
Spouse	Constantia; Laeta;
Regnal name
Regnal name
	Imperator Caesar Flavius Gratianus Augustus
Dynasty	Valentinianic
Father	Valentinian I
Mother	Marina Severa
Religion	Nicene Christianity

Gratian (Latin: Gratianus; 18 April 359 – 25 August 383) was emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 367 to 383. The eldest son of Valentinian I, Gratian was raised to the rank of Augustus as a child and inherited the West after his father's death in 375. He nominally shared the government with his infant half-brother Valentinian II, who was also acclaimed emperor in Pannonia on Valentinian's death. The East was ruled by his uncle Valens, who was later succeeded by Theodosius I.

Gratian subsequently led a campaign across the Rhine, attacked the Lentienses, and forced the tribe to surrender. That same year, the eastern emperor Valens was killed fighting the Goths at the Battle of Adrianople, which led to Gratian elevating Theodosius to replace him in 379. Gratian favoured Nicene Christianity over traditional Roman religion, issuing the Edict of Thessalonica, refusing the office of pontifex maximus, and removing the Altar of Victory from the Roman Senate's Curia Julia. The city of Cularo on the Isère river in Roman Gaul was renamed Gratianopolis after him, which later evolved to Grenoble. In 383, faced with rebellion by the usurper Magnus Maximus, Gratian marched his army towards Lutetia (Paris). His army deserted him. He fled to Lugdunum and was later murdered.

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[2] Lenaghan, J. (2012). "Portrait head of emperor with sideburns (Gratian or Honorius?). Augusta Treverorum (Belgica II). Late fourth to early fifth century". Last Statues of Antiquity. LSA-584.

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