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| c. From the Death of Julian to the Death of Valentinian III |
| 363–364 |
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| Flavius JOVIANUS (b. c. 331) was elected emperor by Julian's soldiers. He surrendered Mesopotamia to the Persians and died soon after (364, Feb. 17). | 1 |
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| 364–375 |
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| Flavius VALENTINIANUS I (Valentinian, b. 321) was the next choice of the army. He ably defended the west against the barbarians and made his brother Valens co-Augustus in the east (364, Mar. 28). | 2 |
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| 367 |
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| Valentinian made his son, Gratian, co-emperor in the west. | 3 |
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| 374 |
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| Valentinian died on an expedition against the Quadi and Sarmatians (Nov. 17). | 4 |
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| 375–383 |
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| Flavius GRATIANUS (Gratian, b. 359) named his young half brother Valentinian II (b. 371) co-Augustus in the west. | 5 |
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| 376 |
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| The Visigoths (West Goths) crossed the Danube and wiped out Valens and his army at Adrianople (378, Aug. 9). The Goths continued to ravage the Balkan region. | 6 |
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| 379, Jan. 19 |
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| Gratian appointed as co-Augustus for the east, Theodosius, son of Valentinian's magister equitum. | 7 |
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| 379–395 |
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| Flavius THEODOSIUS “THE GREAT” (b. 346). He came to terms with the Goths by settling them as military allies (federates) in the Balkans. | 8 |
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| 383 |
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| The British legions proclaimed Magnus Maximus, who seized Gaul. Gratian was slain at Lugdunum (Aug. 25). Theodosius recognized Maximus. | 9 |
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| 387 |
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| When Maximus drove Valentinian II from Italy, Theodosius captured and executed Maximus at Aquileia (388, July 28). | 10 |
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| 392, May 15 |
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| The Frankish magister militum Arbogast murdered Valentinian II at Vienne and set up as emperor the non-Christian rhetorician Eugenius. | 11 |
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