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2 unusual facts about Gratian


Priscillianism

He, in turn, appealed to Gratian, but before anything had been accomplished the emperor was murdered in Lyon, and Magnus Maximus had taken his place.

The Emperor Gratian issued a decree which deprived the Priscillianists of their churches and sentenced them to exile.


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Arbon

According to the chronicles of Ammianus Marcellinus, Emperor Gratian went to Arbon in 378, and stayed there until 401.

Arundel Priory

The Priory of St Nicholas was established at Arundel in West Sussex, England by Roger de Montgomery, earl of Shrewsbury, in 1102, when Gratian, a monk of Sées in Normandy, became first prior.

Battle of Adrianople

Gratian recalled his army and defeated the Lentienses near Argentaria (near modern-day Colmar, France.) After this campaign, Gratian, with part of his field army, went east by boat; the rest of his field army went east overland.

Gratian sent the general Frigeridus with reinforcements, as well as the leader of his guards, Richomeres.

Decretum

The Decretum Gratiani is a collection of Canon law compiled in the twelfth century by a jurist named Gratian.

Gregory VI

Pope Gregory VI, John Gratian, elected 1045; abdicated at the Council of Sutri in 1046; died 1048

Milton Keynes Hoard

The building had been destroyed by fire and 4th century pottery was found on a cobbled floor, along with various sherds from the 4th and 11th to 12th centuries, remnants of a 13th-century jug, glass and jet beads, and around 43 coins from Tetricus I (270–273) to Gratian (375–383).

Pons Cestius

In the 4th century the Pons Cestius was rebuilt by the Emperors Valentinian I, Valens and Gratian and re-dedicated in 370 as the Pons Gratiani.


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