irm ium . ▁Two ▁years ▁later ▁his ▁first ▁son ▁Gr at ian ▁was ▁born ▁by ▁his ▁wife ▁Marina ▁Sever a . ▁Val entin ian ' s ▁actions ▁and ▁location ▁become ▁uncertain ▁around ▁this ▁time , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁likely ▁ex iled . ▁The od oret ▁say ▁that ▁this ▁was ▁because ▁he ' d ▁react ed ▁an gr ily ▁when ▁a ▁pag an ▁temple ▁att endant ▁spr ink led ▁water ▁on ▁him , ▁saying ▁" I ▁am ▁not ▁pur ified , ▁but ▁def iled ", ▁and ▁striking ▁the ▁priest . ▁ ▁R ise ▁to ▁power ▁At ▁the ▁news ▁of ▁Julian ' s ▁death ▁on ▁a ▁campaign ▁against ▁the ▁S ass an ids , ▁the ▁army ▁hast ily ▁declared ▁a ▁commander , ▁J ov ian , ▁em peror . ▁The ▁army ▁still ▁found ▁itself ▁be le ag uer ed ▁by ▁Pers ian ▁attacks , ▁forcing ▁J ov ian ▁to ▁accept ▁hum ili ating ▁peace ▁terms . ▁J ov ian ' s ▁authority ▁within ▁the ▁emp ire ▁was ▁still ▁in secure , ▁so ▁he ▁sent ▁a ▁not ary ▁Pro cop ius ▁and ▁the ▁trib une ▁Mem or id us ▁west ▁to ▁announ ce ▁his ▁acc ession . ▁During ▁J ov ian ' s ▁reign ▁Val entin ian ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁trib une ▁of ▁a ▁Sc ut ari i ▁( el ite ▁inf antry ) ▁regiment , ▁and ▁was ▁dispatch ed ▁to ▁An cy ra . ▁J ov ian ' s ▁rule ▁would ▁be ▁short ▁– ▁only ▁eight ▁months ▁– ▁and ▁before ▁he ▁could ▁even ▁cons olid