Jovian (/ˈdʒoʊviən/; Latin: Jovianus; Ancient Greek: Ἰοβιανός, romanized: Iobianós; 331 – 17 February 364) was Roman emperor from June 363 to February...
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Look up Jovian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jovian is the adjectival form of Jupiter and may refer to: Jovian (emperor) (Flavius Iovianus Augustus)...
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The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC...
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Septimius Geta (/ˈɡɛtə/ GHET-ə; 7 March 189 – 26 December 211) was Roman emperor with his father Septimius Severus and older brother Caracalla from 209...
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The Roman emperors were the rulers of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward...
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History of the Roman Empire (section 364: Jovian)
successor. The officers of his army elected the rather obscure officer Jovian emperor. He is remembered for signing an unfavourable peace treaty with the...
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Valentinian I (redirect from Emperor Valentinian I)
campaign against the Sasanian Empire, the army hastily declared Jovian the new emperor. He extricated his soldiers from Persian territory by agreeing to...
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Nisibis, in order to save the trapped Roman forces. Julian and Jovian were the last sole emperors to rule the whole Empire for their entire reign, after which...
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The Jovians (Latin: Ioviani) and Herculians (Latin: Herculiani) were the senior palatine imperial guard units under the rule of Roman Emperor Diocletian...
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Western Roman Empire (redirect from Western Roman Emperors)
363–364 (Sole emperor). When Julian died in 363, he left no heir, causing a succession crisis. The Roman Army elected Jovian as sole emperor. Jovian reigned...
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Constantine the Great (redirect from Emperor Constantine)
also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He played a pivotal...
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Septimius Severus (redirect from Roman emperor Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus))
[ˈɫuːkiʊs sɛpˈtɪmiʊs sɛˈweːrʊs]; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya)...
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Hadrian (redirect from Roman emperor Hadrian)
Aelius Hadrianus [hadriˈjaːnus]; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in...
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Only the emperors who were recognized as legitimate rulers and exercised sovereign authority are included, to the exclusion of junior co-emperors who never...
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Marcus Claudius Tacitus (/ˈtæsɪtəs/ TAS-it-əs; died June 276) was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths...
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Titus (redirect from Roman emperor Titus)
Roman emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, becoming the first Roman emperor ever...
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Caligula (redirect from Roman Emperor Caligula)
January 41), also called Gaius and Caligula (/kəˈlɪɡjʊlə/), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in 41. He was the son of the Roman general...
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Constantine XI Palaiologos (redirect from Byzantine emperor Constantine XI)
Dragásēs Palaiológos; 8 February 1404 – 29 May 1453) was the last Byzantine emperor, reigning from 1449 until his death in battle at the fall of Constantinople...
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Justinian I (redirect from Emperor Justinian of the Byzantine Empire)
14 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly...
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Nero (redirect from Nero emperor)
Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his...
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Battle of Samarra (363) (category Julian (emperor))
death, the Romans elected Jovian as emperor. Stranded deep in Sasanian territory and suffering from a lack of supplies, Jovian was forced to accept terms...
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Augustus (redirect from Augustus, Emperor of Rome)
Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire. He reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an...
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Elagabalus (redirect from Emperor Heliogabalus)
and Heliogabalus (/ˌhiːliə-, -lioʊ-/ HEE-lee-ə-, -lee-oh-), was Roman emperor from 218 to 222, while he was still a teenager. His short reign was notorious...
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11th · 12th · 13th · 14th · 15th History of the Roman Empire List of Roman emperors Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1:10 Forsythe, Gary (2015). A Companion to Livy...
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Nepotianus - writer Javolenus Priscus - jurist Jordanes - historian Flavius Jovian - emperor Juba I of Numidia - Numidian king Juba II of Numidia - Numidian king...
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Valens (redirect from Emperor Valens)
reign of the polytheist emperor Julian. Julian was killed in battle against the Persians in June 363, and his successor Jovian died the following February...
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Louis the Pious (redirect from Louis I, Holy Roman Emperor)
also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from...
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Claudius (redirect from Emperor Claudius)
ɡɛrmaːnikus]; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54), or Claudius, was a Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius...
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Galba (redirect from Emperor Galba)
69) was Roman emperor, ruling for 7 months from 8 June AD 68 to 15 January 69. He was the first emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors and assumed the...
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(fl. 363 – 380) was the son of the emperor Jovian. Varronianus was the first of two sons born to the emperor Jovian and Charito, daughter of Lucillianus...
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