Andragathius
Sign in to saveAndragathius was a magister militum of Roman emperor Magnus Maximus, responsible for the death of the rival emperor Gratian.
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Andragathius was a magister militum of Roman emperor Magnus Maximus, responsible for the death of the rival emperor Gratian.
In 383, after several days of skirmishing near Paris, Gratian's army defected to Maximus. Gratian fled, with Andragathius in pursuit. In order to lure the fugitive back, Andragathius traveled in a closed, mule-borne litter, and had his guards send out a report that the vehicle was occupied by Gratian's wife. Gratian met the litter between Lyon and Grenoble and Andragathius killed him.