Gratian

Also known as: Emperor Gratian · Family: Roman Empire · Role: emperor · First appears: Book I · Chap. IX

Life events

Gratian invested Theodosius with imperial authority and made him emperor of Thrace and the Eastern provinces.(Book I · Chap. IX · 📍 Sirmium)
- With: Theodosius
- “Gratian ... invested the Spaniard, Theodosius, with the purple at Sirmium, and made him emperor of Thrace and the Eastern provinces.”
Maximus invaded Gaul and treacherously killed Gratian while Gratian attempted to escape into Italy.(Book I · Chap. IX · 📍 Gaul)
- With: Maximus
- “passed over into Gaul, and there by treachery slew the Emperor Gratian, who in consternation at his sudden invasion, was attempting to escape into Italy.”

elder kin: Valens (Valens is Gratian's uncle.) “though he had long before reigned with his uncle Valens, and his brother Valentinian”
siblings with Valentinian “though he had long before reigned with his uncle Valens, and his brother Valentinian”
liege: Theodosius “he invested the Spaniard, Theodosius, with the purple at Sirmium, and made him emperor of Thrace and the Eastern provinces”
enemies with Maximus “there by treachery slew the Emperor Gratian, who in consternation at his sudden invasion, was attempting to escape into Italy”
liege: Maximus (Maximus is described as having broken an oath of allegiance during Gratian's reign.) “Maximus, a man of energy and probity, and worthy of the title of Augustus, if he had not broken his oath of allegiance, was made emperor by the army somewhat against his will”

enemies with Maximus “Maximus, being made emperor in Britain, crossed over into Gaul, and slew Gratian.”

Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.