Editing AD 383 (section)

==== Roman Empire ====
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[Arcadius]] is elevated to Emperor.<ref name="isbn1-57958-316-4">{{cite book |author =David L. Vagi |title=Coinage and History of the Roman Empire |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers |location=Chicago, Ill |year=2001 |pages= 590|isbn=1-57958-316-4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WzOGycVVQLEC&dq=Arcadius+january+19,+383&pg=PA590}}</ref>
* Roman troops in [[Roman Britain|Britannia]] proclaim [[Magnus Maximus]] as their Emperor. He crosses over to the continent and makes [[Trier]] his capital.<ref name="isbn0-85991-625-1">{{cite book |author =Harbus, A. |title=Helena of Britain in medieval legend |publisher=D.S. Brewer |location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK |year=2002 |pages= 55|isbn=0-85991-625-1 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6uK4VHOYVHEC&dq=383+%22Magnus+Maximus%22&pg=PA55}}</ref> [[Gaul]], the [[Roman Italy|Italian provinces]] and [[Hispania]] proclaim loyalty to him.
* [[August 25]] &ndash; Emperor [[Gratian]], age 24, is assassinated at [[Lugdunum]] (modern-day [[Lyon]]), leaving a young widow [[Laeta]]. [[Pannonia]] and [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]] maintain their allegiance to co-emperor [[Valentinian II]], now 12, whose mother, [[Justina (empress)|Justina]], rules in his name.
* Emperor [[Theodosius I]] cedes [[Dacia]] and [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]] to Valentinian II. They recognize Magnus Maximus as ''[[Augustus (honorific)|Augustus]]''.
* Theodosius I sends [[Stilicho|Flavius Stilicho]] as an [[diplomacy|envoy]] to the Persian court of King [[Shapur III]] at [[Ctesiphon]], to negotiate a peace settlement relating to the partition of [[Armenia]].