Editing Gratian (section)

== Death and burial ==
Gratian was pursued by [[Andragathius]], Maximus' ''[[magister equitum]]'' and killed at [[Lugdunum]] ([[Lyon]]) on 25 August 383,{{sfn|McEvoy|2013|pages=83–84}}{{sfn|Halsall|2007|p=186}}{{sfn|White|2011|p=154}} supposedly against orders.{{sfn|McLynn|1994|p=155}} Maximus then established his court at the former imperial residence in Trier.{{sfn|Williams|Friell|1995|p=37}} On the death of Gratian, the 12 year old Valentinian II became the sole legitimate ''augustus'' in the west.{{sfn|McEvoy|2013|p=66}}

Maximus initially kept Gratian's body for political reasons, and Ambrose's second embassy to him in 385 or 386 to recover it was unsuccessful.{{sfn|Johnson|1991|p=502-503}}{{sfn|McLynn|1994|p=164}} It would not be until 387, possibly even after the death of Magnus Maximus, that Gratian's remains were interred at Mediolanum in the imperial mausoleum.{{sfn|Johnson|2009|pp=210–211}} Gratian was deified in {{Langx|la|Divus Gratianus|lit=the Divine Gratian}}.{{sfn|Kienast|2017c}}{{sfn|McEvoy|2013|pp=83–92}}