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Gratian Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

Gratian was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 367 to 383 AD. To learn more about Gratian and his impact on history, let’s explore a timeline game where you place events in their correct chronological order.

  • Key detail 1: Players will be challenged to arrange events from Gratian’s reign in the correct order.
  • Key detail 2: The game will test players’ knowledge of historical events during Gratian’s rule.
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  • 359 AD: Gratian is born in 359 AD
  • 367 AD: Gratian becomes co-emperor with his father Valentinian I
  • 375 AD: Gratian becomes sole emperor of the Western Roman Empire
  • 379 AD: Gratian appoints Theodosius I as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire
  • 378 AD: Gratian defeats the Alemanni at the Battle of Argentovaria
  • 379 AD: Gratian is acclaimed as Augustus by the Roman Senate
  • 379 AD: Gratian refuses to wear the traditional Roman military attire and instead adopts a more civilian style of dress
  • 380 AD: Gratian supports Nicene Christianity and suppresses Arianism in the Western Roman Empire
  • 374 AD: Gratian appoints Ambrose as bishop of Milan
  • 383 AD: Gratian is assassinated by supporters of Magnus Maximus
  • 383 AD: Magnus Maximus becomes emperor of the Western Roman Empire
  • 388 AD: Theodosius I defeats Magnus Maximus and becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire
  • 388 AD: Theodosius I orders the execution of Magnus Maximus
  • 383 AD: Gratian's body is buried in Milan
  • Unknown: Gratian is later venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church
  • Unknown: Gratian is remembered for his policies of religious tolerance and his support of Nicene Christianity
  • 375-383 AD: Gratian's reign marks the beginning of the decline of the Western Roman Empire

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