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Emperor Gratian - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Emperor Gratian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | On the death of his father, Valentinian I, he became emperor in the western part of the empire (Britain, Spain, and Gaul) and Valentinian II, his half-brother, became emperor of Italy, Africa, and Illyricum, under the regency of his mother, Justina. |
 | | In 378 he defeated the Lentienses at Argentaria, and in 379, with the help of Theodosius (emperor of the eastern part of the empire 379–95), drove the barbarians out of the Balkans. |
 | | The early years of his rule were marked by energy and success, but later he aroused the contempt of the Roman troops, and they proclaimed Maximus, who was then in Britain, emperor. |
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