Valentinien Ii
| Valentinian II | |
|---|---|
| Roman Emperor | |
 Portrait of Valentinian II on Missorium of Theodosius . | |
| Reign | |
| 375 - 15 May 392 (~ 17 years) | |
| Period | Valentinians |
| Predecessor (s) | Valentinian I , Valens and Gratian |
| Co-emperor (s) | Valens (up 378 ) and Gratian (up 383 ) and Maxime ( 384 - 388 ) and Theodosius I (from 378 ) |
| Usurper (s) | Firmus ( 370 - 372 / 375 ) |
| Successor (s) | Theodosius I |
| Biography | |
| Birth | 371 |
| Original Name | Flavius Valentinianus |
| Deaths | 15 May 392 (~ 21 years) Vienna ( Narbonne ) |
| Father | Valentinian I |
| Mother | Justina |
| List of Roman Emperors | |
Valentinian II ( 371 , Vienna - 392 ), son of Valentinian I , was Roman emperor from 375 to 392.
Biography
In 375 , his brother, the emperor Gratian was absent at the death of their father, the Emperor Valentinian I , the soldiers of Pannonia proclaimed the emperor when he was only four years. Gratien accepts the sharing of empire to Valentinian and concedes the Illyria.
In 383 , the death of his brother Gratian , the empire has three emperors Maximus at Trier , Valentinian II, under the tutelage of his mother, Justine (Augusta Justina Flavia) in Milan , Theodosius I in Constantinople.
Justine encourages the Arianism and promotes the pagans as Symmachus or Pretextatus.
In 387 , Valentinian II is driven by Maxime , who seized Rome and occupies Italy. Theodosius I was reluctant to intervene. However loving sister of Valentinian II, Galla , whom he married, Theodosius I spoke against Maximus. While Valentinian II landed at the mouth of the Tiber , Theodosius I defeated Maxime and takes in Aquileia.
Valentinian II returned to his capital Vienna where in 392 , it is probably murdered by a French general, Arbogast , magister militum commissioned by Theodosius the protection of the young Augustus. Some authors, however, turns the suicide theory. Arbogast proclaimed emperor pagan rhetorician Eugene.
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