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AFTER the usurper's death, the emperor Theodosius became very
anxious as to whom he should proclaim emperor of the West. He had a
cousin then very young named Valentinian; the son of his aunt
Placidia, daughter of Theodosius the Great, and sister of the two
Augusti Arcadius and Honorius and of that Constantius who had been
proclaimed emperor by Honorius, and had died after a short reign with
him. This cousin he created Caesar, and sent into the Western
parts, committing the administration of affairs to his mother
Placidia. He himself also hastened towards Italy, that he might in
person both proclaim his cousin emperor, and also being present among
them, endeavor to influence the natives and residents by his counsels
not to submit to usurpers readily. But when he reached Thessalonica
he was prevented from proceeding further by sickness; he therefore sent
forward the imperial crown to his cousin by Helion the patrician, and
he himself returned to Constantinople. But concerning these matters
I deem the narrative here given sufficient.
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