Jovian (Latin: Jovianus; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ιοβιανός, translit. Iobianós; 331 – 17 February 364) was Roman emperor from June 363 to February 364. As part...
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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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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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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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Valentinian I (redirect from Emperor Valentinian I)
on a campaign against the Sassanids, the army hastily declared Jovian the new emperor. He extricated his soldiers from Persian territory by agreeing to...
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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 (symbasileis)...
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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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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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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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363 – 380 AD) 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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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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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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Caracalla (redirect from Emperor Caracalla)
Caracalla (/ˌkærəˈkælə/), was Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD. He was a member of the Severan dynasty, the elder son of Emperor Septimius Severus and Empress...
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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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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 to succeed...
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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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Caligula (redirect from Roman Emperor Caligula)
January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula (/kəˈlɪɡjʊlə/), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41. He was the son of the Roman...
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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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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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emperor from 253 to spring 260 AD. Valerian is known as the first Roman emperor to have been taken captive in battle, captured by the Persian emperor...
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Justinian I (redirect from Emperor Justinian of the Byzantine Empire)
482 – 14 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly...
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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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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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Tfd›Greek: Ζήνων, translit. Zénōn; c. 425 – 9 April 491) was Eastern Roman emperor from 474 to 475 and again from 476 to 491. His reign was plagued by domestic...
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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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Hadrian (redirect from Roman emperor Hadrian)
Aelius Hadrianus [(h)adriˈjaːnus]; 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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Leo III the Isaurian (redirect from Byzantine emperor Leo III)
685 – 18 June 741), also known as the Syrian, was the first Byzantine emperor of the Isaurian dynasty from 717 until his death in 741. He put an end...
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Constans (redirect from Emperor Constans)
Roman Britain, the last legitimate emperor to do so. In January 350, Magnentius (r. 350–353) the commander of the Jovians and Herculians, a corps in the Roman...
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Domitian (redirect from Emperor Domitian)
-ee-ən; Latin: Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was Roman emperor from 81 to 96. The son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, his...
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