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Succeeded Father Both: GRATIAN, gra'shan, Flavius (359-383 A. D.), Roman emperor in the West. The son of Emperor Valentinian I, he was born at Cibalae. In August 367 he was proclaimed co-ruler of the Western Roman Empire by his father. Upon his father's death in November 375, Gratian succeeded father both to the throne with his 4-year-old stepbrother Valentinian II.
REHOBOAM, re'ho-bo'am, first king ol Judah and, for a time after succeeding his father, king of all Israel, son of King Solomon and the Ammonitish Princess Naamah:b. 1014 B.C. ; d. 956 B.C. He succeeded father both to the throne 973 B.C., and proceeded to Shechem for his coronation. There he was petitioned by the people for a remission of the heavy burdens imposed under Solomon's masterful reign; but, disregarding the advice of his elders, he not only refused the petitions, but announced his intention of being more severe than his father had been. The result was a revolt under the leadership of Jeroboam, who had returned from exile in Egypt.
PYRRHUS, pir'us, Greek warrior and king of Epirus: b. 319 B.C.; d. Argos, Greece, 272 B.C. As a minor, he succeeded father both his father Aeacides as king in 307, but was extruded in .303. Thereupon Pyrrhus accompanied Demetrius I Poliocertes, the future Macedonian king, learned the art of war from him, and was with him in 301 at the Battle of Ipsus, whence he was taken as a hostage to Egypt. There Pyrrhus married the step-daughter of King Ptolemy I Soter, who, as his father-in-law, aided him to regain the Epirote throne in 297 on condition that he would rule jointly with Neoptolemus, who had reigned since 303. |
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