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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 6445548, member: 57495"]The Jovian story I like comes to us by way of Ammianus Marcellinus. We're told that when Emperor Julian succumbed to his wounds sustained during his ill-fated Persian campaign, the Roman camp was in disagreement over who should be proclaimed the new augustus. A small party of Jovian's followers took it upon themselves to acclaim the relatively undistinguished commander of the household guard, carrying him through the camp while shouting "Jovianus Augustus." Other soldiers in the camp misheard the acclamation as "Julianus Augustus", and thinking that Julian had recovered from his wounds, cheered the newcomer. When the mistake was realized some time later, grief broke out anew but Jovian's elevation was upheld, "<i>as if by the blind decree of Fortune.</i>"</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems there was as much enthusiasm for Jovian's rule then as for his coins now. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256069[/ATTACH]<b>JOVIAN</b></p><p>AE1. 8.24g, 28mm. Thessalonica mint, AD 363-364. RIC VIII Thessalonica 235. O: D N IOVIANVS P F P P AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: VICTORIA ROMANORVM, Jovian standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe; TESΓ in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 6445548, member: 57495"]The Jovian story I like comes to us by way of Ammianus Marcellinus. We're told that when Emperor Julian succumbed to his wounds sustained during his ill-fated Persian campaign, the Roman camp was in disagreement over who should be proclaimed the new augustus. A small party of Jovian's followers took it upon themselves to acclaim the relatively undistinguished commander of the household guard, carrying him through the camp while shouting "Jovianus Augustus." Other soldiers in the camp misheard the acclamation as "Julianus Augustus", and thinking that Julian had recovered from his wounds, cheered the newcomer. When the mistake was realized some time later, grief broke out anew but Jovian's elevation was upheld, "[I]as if by the blind decree of Fortune.[/I]" It seems there was as much enthusiasm for Jovian's rule then as for his coins now. :troll: [ATTACH=full]1256069[/ATTACH][B]JOVIAN[/B] AE1. 8.24g, 28mm. Thessalonica mint, AD 363-364. RIC VIII Thessalonica 235. O: D N IOVIANVS P F P P AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: VICTORIA ROMANORVM, Jovian standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe; TESΓ in exergue. [I]Ex [USER=44183]@stevex6[/USER] Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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