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<p>[QUOTE="Archeocultura, post: 5152403, member: 97204"]Didius Julianus is even more obscure:</p><p>(from Wikipedia)</p><p><b>Marcus Didius Julianus</b> 29 January 133 or 137 – 1 June 193) was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_emperor" rel="nofollow">Roman emperor</a> [ATTACH=full]1208786[/ATTACH] from March to June 193, during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Five_Emperors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Five_Emperors" rel="nofollow">Year of the Five Emperors</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Julianus had a promising political career, governing several provinces, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatia_(Roman_province)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatia_(Roman_province)" rel="nofollow">Dalmatia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_Inferior" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_Inferior" rel="nofollow">Germania Inferior</a>, and successfully defeating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauci" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauci" rel="nofollow">Chauci</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatti" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatti" rel="nofollow">Chatti</a>, two invading Germanic tribes. He was even appointed to the consulship in 175 along with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax" rel="nofollow">Pertinax</a> as a reward, before being demoted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus" rel="nofollow">Commodus</a>. After this demotion, his early, promising political career languished.</p><p><br /></p><p>Julianus ascended the throne after buying it from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_Guard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_Guard" rel="nofollow">Praetorian Guard</a>, who had assassinated his predecessor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax" rel="nofollow">Pertinax</a>. A civil war ensued in which three rival generals laid claim to the imperial throne. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus" rel="nofollow">Septimius Severus</a>, commander of the legions in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannonia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannonia" rel="nofollow">Pannonia</a> and the nearest of the generals to Rome, marched on the capital, gathering support along the way and routing cohorts of the Praetorian Guard Julianus sent to meet him. Abandoned by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate" rel="nofollow">Senate</a> and the Praetorian Guard, Julianus was killed by a soldier in the palace and succeeded by Severus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Archeocultura, post: 5152403, member: 97204"]Didius Julianus is even more obscure: (from Wikipedia) [B]Marcus Didius Julianus[/B] 29 January 133 or 137 – 1 June 193) was [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_emperor']Roman emperor[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1208786[/ATTACH] from March to June 193, during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Five_Emperors']Year of the Five Emperors[/URL]. Julianus had a promising political career, governing several provinces, including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatia_(Roman_province)']Dalmatia[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_Inferior']Germania Inferior[/URL], and successfully defeating the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauci']Chauci[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatti']Chatti[/URL], two invading Germanic tribes. He was even appointed to the consulship in 175 along with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax']Pertinax[/URL] as a reward, before being demoted by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus']Commodus[/URL]. After this demotion, his early, promising political career languished. Julianus ascended the throne after buying it from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetorian_Guard']Praetorian Guard[/URL], who had assassinated his predecessor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax']Pertinax[/URL]. A civil war ensued in which three rival generals laid claim to the imperial throne. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus']Septimius Severus[/URL], commander of the legions in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannonia']Pannonia[/URL] and the nearest of the generals to Rome, marched on the capital, gathering support along the way and routing cohorts of the Praetorian Guard Julianus sent to meet him. Abandoned by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Senate']Senate[/URL] and the Praetorian Guard, Julianus was killed by a soldier in the palace and succeeded by Severus.[/QUOTE]
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