Gratian

Names:

• 18 April 359: Gratianus (born in or near Sirmium) 
• 24 Augustus 367: Imperator Caesar Flavius Gratianus Augustus 
• 25 August 383: murdered

Relatives:

• father: Valentinian I
• mother: Marina Severa
• married to: Constantia (daughter of Constantius II); Laeta

• 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 by the Visigoths; 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

Contemporary events:

• 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