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Gratian

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Gra·tian  (grshn, -sh-n) a.d. 359-383.
Emperor of Rome (367-383) who ruled jointly (from 379) with Theodosius I.
Gratian [ˈgreɪʃɪən]
n
(Biographies / Gratian (359-383) M, Roman, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) Latin name Flavius Gratianus. 359-383 ad, Roman emperor (367-383): ruled with his father Valentinian I (367-375); ruled the Western Roman Empire with his brother Valentinian II (375-83); appointed Theodosius I emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (379)


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From the "Master of Sentences," he had passed to the "Capitularies of Charlemagne;" and he had devoured in succession, in his appetite for science, decretals upon decretals, those of Theodore, Bishop of Hispalus; those of Bouchard, Bishop of Worms; those of Yves, Bishop of Chartres; next the decretal of Gratian, which succeeded the capitularies of Charlemagne; then the collection of Gregory IX.
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