Valentinian II proclaimed Emperor
11/22/375 AD inherited
Six days afer half brother Gratian inherited the thrown from their father Valentinian I, four-year Valentinian II, was also proclaimed Emperor.
This by troops in Pannonia, impelled by the generals Aequitius and Maximinus, two of Valentinian's more unscrupulous ministers.
Gratian prudently acquiesced in their choice; reserving for himself the administration of the Gallic provinces, to command the forces responsible for the frontier, while handing over the peaceful Italy, Illyricum and Africa to Valentinian and his mother, who fixed their residence at Mediolanum.
The division, however, was merely nominal, and the real authority even in those provinces remained in the hands of Gratian.
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Valentinian II (Flavius Valentinianus Augustus) Emperor of the Roman Emp...
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