Gratian

[ grey-shee-uhn, -shuhn ]

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noun

Gratian

/ ˈɡreɪʃɪən /

Gratian359383MRomanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler Latin name Flavius Gratianus. 359–383 ad , Roman emperor (367–383): ruled with his father Valentinian I (367–375); ruled the Western Roman Empire with his brother Valentinian II (375-83); appointed Theodosius I emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (379)

Gaul is invaded by the Alemanni; they are repulsed by Gratian.

Gratian completed the Decretum about 1151, and probably survived some years, but I have not met with the date of his death.

Five months after the death of Valens the Emperor Gratian did a deed perhaps unparalleled.

He refused to allow the Emperor Marcellus to enter the church because he was stained with the blood of Gratian.

The fame of Gratian, before he had accomplished the twentieth year of his age, was equal to that of the most celebrated princes.

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