Various Church Fathers
Of the death of Gratianus and the sovereignty of Maximus.
The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret. — translated by ANF/NPNF editors
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Chapter XII.—Of the death of Gratianus and the sovereignty of Maximus
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Gratianus in the midst of his successes in war and wise and prudent government ended his life by conspiracy. He left no sons to inherit the empire, and a brother of the same name as their father, Valentinianus, who was quite a youth. So Maximus, in contempt of the youth of Valentinianus, seized the throne of the West.
Translated by ANF/NPNF editors. Edition ccel.npnf203.division.iv.en.