Gratianopolis (ancient City)
Gratianopolis ("city of Gratian") may refer to: * Gratianopolis (Mauretania Caesariensis), a Roman city in North Africa and a Roman Catholic titular bishopric * Gratianopolis (antique city), a Roman city (formerly Cularo and now Grenoble, France) * Gratini Gratini ( el, Γρατινή) is a village of Rhodope regional unit in northern Greece, some 13 km north of Komotini. It is part of the municipal unit of Komotini. History The village first appears in the late Byzantine era, as the town of G ...

Gratian
Gratian (; la, Gratianus; 18 April 359 – 25 August 383) was emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 367 to 383. The eldest son of Valentinian I, Gratian accompanied his father on several campaigns along the Rhine and Danube frontiers and was raised to the rank of ''Augustus'' in 367. Upon the death of Valentinian in 375, Gratian took over government of the west while his half-brother Valentinian II was also acclaimed emperor in Pannonia. Gratian governed the western provinces of the empire, while his uncle Valens was already the emperor over the east. Gratian subsequently led a campaign across the Rhine, attacked the Lentienses, and forced the tribe to surrender. That same year, the eastern emperor Valens was killed fighting the Goths at the Battle of Adrianople, which led to Gratian elevating Theodosius to replace him in 379. Gratian favoured Nicene Christianity over traditional Roman religion, issuing the Edict of Thessalonica, refusing the office of '' pontifex maximus'' ...
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Gratianopolis (Mauretania Caesariensis)
Gratianopolis was an ancient city and Roman Catholic diocese in Mauretania Caesariensis in present-day Algeria. It was one of several towns named after the Roman emperor Gratian (367 to 383), and is only known from mentions in church council minutes. Its history, location and present condition are unknown. The name survives as a Roman Catholic titular see, and since 1911 has been the title of the Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate. Ecclesiastical history Gratianopolis was important enough in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis to become the seat of the Catholic bishop. It had two recorded bishops who attended church councils in the 5th century: * Publicius (Catholic) and Deuterius (Donatist heretic), both at the Conference of Carthage (411). * Thalassius, who was present at the Synod of Carthage (484). The diocese ceased to exist with the coming of Islam in the 7th century, and Gratianopolis is not mentioned in a list of dioceses in the sixth and seventh centuries ...
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Gratianopolis (antique City)
lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint-André, jardin de ville, banks of the Isère , arrondissement = Grenoble , canton = Grenoble-1, 2, 3 and 4 , INSEE = 38185 , postal code = 38000, 38100 , mayor = Éric Piolle , term = 2020–2026 , party = EELV , image flag = Flag of Grenoble.svg , image coat of arms = Coat of Arms of Grenoble.svg , intercommunality = Grenoble-Alpes Métropole , coordinates = , elevation min m = 212 , elevation m = 398 , elevation max m = 500 , area km2 = 18.13 , population = , population date = , population footnotes = , urban pop = 451096 , urban area km2 = 358.1 , ...
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