Gratian
c. 359 CE–c. 383 CE · Sremska Mitrovica
Gratian (born 359 CE at Sirmium, modern Sremska Mitrovica; died 383 CE) was the elder son of Valentinian I and ruled the Western Roman Empire from 375 until his death. A promoter of Nicene Christianity, he was one of the three emperors named in the Edict of Thessalonica of 380 — issued jointly with the eastern emperor Theodosius I and his own junior colleague Valentinian II — which established Nicene Christianity as the official faith of the empire; he also declined the pagan title of pontifex maximus and removed the Altar of Victory from the Senate's Curia. After Valens fell at Adrianople in 378, Gratian elevated Theodosius to rule the East in 379. He was killed at Lugdunum (Lyon) in 383 during the revolt of the usurper Magnus Maximus.
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