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| Of the death of Gratianus and the sovereignty of Maximus.
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Chapter
XII.—Of the death of Gratianus and the
sovereignty of Maximus
Gratianus in the midst of his successes in war and wise and prudent
government ended his life by conspiracy.861
| 861 Gratianus made himself unpopular (i) by his excessive addiction to
sport, playing the Commodus in the “Vivaria,” when not even
a Marcus Aurelius could have answered all the calls of the Empire.
(Amm. xxxi. x. 19) and (ii) by affecting the society and customs of
barbarians (Aur. Vict. xlvii. 6). The troops in Britain rose against
him, gathered aid in the Low Countries, and defeated him near Paris. He
fled to Lyons, where he was treacherously assassinated Aug. 25, 383. He
was only twenty-four. (Soc. v. 11.) |
He left no sons to inherit the empire, and a brother of the same name
as their father, Valentinianus,862
| 862 Valentinianus II., son of Valentinianus I. and Justina was born c.
371. | who was quite a
youth. So Maximus,863
| 863 Magnus Maximus reigned from 383 to 388. Like Theodosius, he was a
Spaniard. | in contempt of
the youth of Valentinianus, seized the throne of the West.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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