Emperor and date of death
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Burial
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Fate of remains
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Augustus (d. 14)
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Cremated and interred in the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome.
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Destroyed; the Mausoleum of Augustus was raided and destroyed in the 410 Sack of Rome, with the remains therein scattered
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Tiberius (d. 37)
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Cremated and interred in the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome.
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Caligula (d. 41)
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Half-cremated and buried under shallow turf in the Lamian Gardens in Rome. Later exhumed, cremated and buried by his sisters. His final burial place is unknown but was likely in or near the Lamian Gardens. It is also possible that he was interred in the Mausoleum of Augustus.[5]
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Unknown[5]
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Claudius (d. 54)
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Cremated and probably interred in the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome.
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Destroyed; the Mausoleum of Augustus was raided and destroyed in the 410 Sack of Rome, with the remains therein scattered
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Nero (d. 68)
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Cremated and interred in a porphyry urn beneath a marble altar in the Mausoleum of the Domitii Ahenobarbi (his father's family) on the Pincian Hill, near the modern Church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome.
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Galba (d. 69)
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Galba's mutilated body was left to rot in the Roman Forum and his head was brought to Otho's camp and paraded around on a pole. One of Galba's slaves, Argius, eventually buried the body in the garden of one of Galba's villas along the Via Aurelia. The head was also recovered and reunited with the body.
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Otho (d. 69)
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Buried by some of his loyal soldiers in a modest grave at Brixellum.
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Vitellius (d. 69)
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Vitellius's body was mutilated, beheaded and then thrown in the Tiber river in Rome.
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Unburied
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Vespasian (d. 79)
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Cremated and interred in the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome. Ashes later moved and interred in the Temple of the gens Flavia in Rome in Domitian's reign.
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Presumably destroyed; the Temple of the gens Flavia fell into ruin and perished at some point after 354.
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Titus (d. 81)
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Cremated and interred in an unknown location. Perhaps for a time interred in a chamber in the Arch of Titus. Ashes later moved and interred in the Temple of the gens Flavia in Rome in Domitian's reign.
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Domitian (d. 96)
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Cremated by his nurse Phyllis at her villa. Domitian's ashes were later secretly deposited by Phyllis in the Temple of the gens Flavia in Rome and intermingled with those of his niece Julia Flavia so they would not be disturbed.
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Nerva (d. 98)
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Cremated and interred in the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome.
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Destroyed; the Mausoleum of Augustus was raided and destroyed in the 410 Sack of Rome, with the remains therein scattered
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Trajan (d. 117)
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Cremated and interred in a golden urn placed beneath the base of Trajan's Column in Rome.
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Unknown; stolen in the Middle Ages
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Hadrian (d. 138)
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Cremated and privately buried at the ancient villa of Cicero in Pozzuoli. Exhumed by Antoninus Pius in 140 and re-interred in the Mausoleum of Hadrian (the modern-day Castel Sant'Angelo) in Rome.
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Destroyed; the ash urns of the emperors in the Mausoleum of Hadrian were stolen in the 410 Sack of Rome and the remains scattered
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Antoninus Pius (d. 161)
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Cremated and interred in the Mausoleum of Hadrian (the modern-day Castel Sant'Angelo) in Rome.
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Lucius Verus (d. 169)
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Cremated and interred in the Mausoleum of Hadrian (the modern-day Castel Sant'Angelo) in Rome.
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Marcus Aurelius (d. 180)
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Cremated and interred in the Mausoleum of Hadrian (the modern-day Castel Sant'Angelo) in Rome.
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Commodus (d. 192)
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Initially buried in secret; later exhumed by Pertinax and interred in the Mausoleum of Hadrian (the modern-day Castel Sant'Angelo) in Rome.
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Pertinax (d. 193)
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Beheaded, with his head being paraded around the camp of the soldiers behind his murder. Later buried by Didius Julianus in the tomb of his grandfather's wife. Pertinax was also later granted a state funeral by Septimius Severus, which involved the burial of an effigy. Later probably transferred to Mausoleum of Hadrian (the modern-day Castel Sant'Angelo) in Rome.
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Didius Julianus (d. 193)
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Buried by his wife and daughter at the land of their family, by the fifth milestone of the Via Labicana.
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Septimius Severus (d. 211)
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Cremated and interred in the Mausoleum of Hadrian (the modern-day Castel Sant'Angelo) in Rome.
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Destroyed; the ash urns of the emperors in the Mausoleum of Hadrian were stolen in the 410 Sack of Rome and the remains scattered
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Geta (d. 211)
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Buried in a tomb in Rome; later transferred to the Mausoleum of Hadrian (the modern-day Castel Sant'Angelo) in Rome.
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Caracalla (d. 217)
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Cremated and interred in the Mausoleum of Hadrian (the modern-day Castel Sant'Angelo) in Rome.
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Macrinus (d. 218)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Diadumenian (d. 218)
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Unknown; his head was reportedly kept as a trophy by Elagabalus.
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Unknown
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Elagabalus (d. 222)
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Body thrown in the Tiber river in Rome.
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Unburied
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Severus Alexander (d. 235)
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Buried in a "large tomb" in Rome.
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Maximinus Thrax (d. 238)
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Head burnt in the Campus Martius and body thrown in running water.
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Unburied
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Gordian I (d. 238)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Gordian II (d. 238)
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Body was never found after his death in battle.
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Unburied
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Pupienus (d. 238)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Balbinus (d. 238)
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Buried in a marble sacrophagus near the Via Appia in Rome.
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Destroyed; the sarcophagus of Balbinus was found by excavators in 1927–1928, broken into numerous fragments, and was later restored.
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Gordian III (d. 244)
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Buried in the Mausoleum of Gordian III in Zaitha (Mesopotamia).
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Philip the Arab (d. 249)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Philip II (d. 249)
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Decius (d. 251)
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Body was never found after his death in battle.
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Unburied
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Herennius Etruscus (d. 251)
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Body was never found after his death in battle.
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Unburied
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Trebonianus Gallus (d. 253)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Hostilian (d. 251)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Volusianus (d. 253)
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Aemilianus (d. 253)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Valerian (d. ?)
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Body skinned and stuffed and kept as a trophy in the Sasanian Empire.
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Gallienus (d. 268)
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Buried in the Mausoleum of Gallienus in Rome.
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Claudius Gothicus (d. 270)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Quintillus (d. 270)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Aurelian (d. 275)
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Buried in a tomb in Caenophrurium.
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Tacitus (d. 276)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Florianus (d. 276)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Probus (d. 282)
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Buried in a tomb in Sirmium.
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Carus (d. 283)
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Carinus (d. 285)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Numerian (d. 284)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Diocletian (d. 311/312)
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Buried in the Mausoleum of Diocletian (the modern-day Cathedral of Saint Domnius) in Split.
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Maximian (d. 310)
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Probably buried in a mausoleum in Milan (the modern-day San Vittore al Corpo).
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Constantius Chlorus (d. 306)
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Buried in a tomb at an unknown location, possibly in or near Trier or York.
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Unknown
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Galerius (d. 311)
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Buried in the Mausoleum at Romuliana (modern-day Gamzigrad) in Zaječar.
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Severus II (d. 307)
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Buried in the Mausoleum of Gallienus in Rome.
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Maxentius (d. 312)
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Unknown; his head was sent to Africa.
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Unknown
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Licinius (d. 325)
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Maximinus Daza (d. 313)
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Buried in a mausoleum in Tarsus.
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Constantine the Great (d. 337)
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Buried in Constantine's Mausoleum in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
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Constantine II (d. 340)
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Body thrown in the Ausa river near Aquileia.
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Unburied
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Constans (d. 350)
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Buried in a tomb at an unknown location, possibly near the Roman villa of Centcelles in Spain.
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Unknown
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Constantius II (d. 361)
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Buried in Constantine's Mausoleum in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
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Julian (d. 363)
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Initially buried in a tomb outside Tarsus. Sometime later transferred to the North Stoa of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
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Jovian (d. 364)
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Buried in the North Stoa of the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
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Valentinian I (d. 375)
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Buried somewhere in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
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Valens (d. 378)
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Body was never found after his death in battle.
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Unburied
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Gratian (d. 383)
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Likely buried in the imperial mausoleum in Milan (the modern-day Basilica of San Lorenzo).
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Valentinian II (d. 392)
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Probably buried in the imperial mausoleum in Milan (the modern-day Basilica of San Lorenzo).
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Magnus Maximus (d. 388)
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Theodosius I (d. 395)
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Buried in Constantine's Mausoleum in the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
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