. pieum at Athens : whichmakes his date at least as late as Hadriansreign. Ed. by Perz, Lips. 1858. Granua (Ypai/ova : Groan), a river in the landof the Quadi and the SE. of Germany, and atributary of the Danube, on the banks of whichM. Aurelius wrote the 1st book of his Medita-tions (Antonin. Comment, i. 17). Gratiae. [Charites.] Gratianus. 1. Emperor of the Western Em-pire, 367-383, son of Valentinian I., wasraised by his father to the rank of Augustus in367, when he was only eight years old. On thedeath of Valentinian in 375,
. pieum at Athens : whichmakes his date at least as late as Hadriansreign. Ed. by Perz, Lips. 1858. Granua (Ypai/ova : Groan), a river in the landof the Quadi and the SE. of Germany, and atributary of the Danube, on the banks of whichM. Aurelius wrote the 1st book of his Medita-tions (Antonin. Comment, i. 17). Gratiae. [Charites.] Gratianus. 1. Emperor of the Western Em-pire, 367-383, son of Valentinian I., wasraised by his father to the rank of Augustus in367, when he was only eight years old. On thedeath of Valentinian in 375, Gratian did notsucceed to the sole sovereignty ; as ValentinianII., the half-brother of Augustus, was proclaimedAugustus by the troops. He was educated byAusonius, whom he rewarded in 379 with theconsulship. By the death of his uncle, Valens(378), the Eastern empire devolved upon him ;but the danger to which the East was exposedfrom the Goths led Gratian to send for Theo-dosius, and appoint him emperor of the East(879). Gratian was fond of quiet and repose,. OratlanuB. Emperor. 3*;, head of Oratlanun. D. N. ANV9 AVQ.; Genius of Home holding Victory. V 111)8 ItOMA. and was greatly under the influence of ecclesi-astics, especially of Ambrose of Milan. Hebecame unpopular with the army. Maximuswas declared emperor in Britain, and crossedover to Gaul, where, in the neighbourhood ofParis, h« defeated Gratian, who was overtakenand slain in his flight after the battle. ( Spit. 45-48; Zos. vi. 12-80; Zonar. xiii. 17 ; Auson. Gratiarum Actio.)—2. A usurper,who assumed the purple in Britain, and wasmurdered by his troops about four months after-wards (407) (Oros. vii. 40). He was succeededby Constantine. [CoxstantinlS, No. 3.] Gratianopolis. [Cllaro.] Gratiarum Collis (XapiTaiv \6<pos, Hdt. : Hills of Tarhouyiah), a range of woodedhills running parallel to the coast of X. Africabetween the Syrtes, and containing the sourceof the C
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