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The usurper Gratianus is killed by his soldiers after only reigning four months.

Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Gratianus (Usurper) Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
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    Level :other
    Source :Salminius Hermias Sozomenus, Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱστορία/Historia ecclesiastica 9.11.2 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 5
    Year :A.D. 407
     
    Context :regicide
    military
    mutiny
    Motivation :unknown
    Long-Term Consequence :coronation/inauguration
     
    Original Text :Πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ οἱ ἐν Βρεττανίᾳ στασιάσαντες στρατιῶται, ἀναγορεύουσι Μάρκον τύραννον: μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Γρατιανὸν, ἀνελόντες Μάρκον: ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ οὗτος οὐ πλέον τεσσάρων μηνῶν διελθόντων ἐφονεύθη παῤ αὐτῶν, πάλιν Κωνσταντῖνον χειροτονοῦσιν:
     
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    Edition :Sozomeni Ecclesiastica Historia Volumes 1-2, ed. Robert Hussey, E Typographeo Academico, Oxford 1860.
     
     
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    Created at :2021-10-30 : 10:21:28
    Last changed :2021-11-01 : 10:15:56
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00011257
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00011257