Marcus Didius Severus Julianus Augustus (Mediolanum, 30 januari 133 of 2 februari 137 – Rome, 1 juni 193), was van 28 maart tot 2 juni 193 drie maanden lang Romeins keizer.Hij kocht de troon als hoogstbiedende van de pretoriaanse garde, nadat deze zijn voorganger, Pertinax, had vermoord.Dit betekende het begin van de Romeinse burgeroorlog van 193-197. ...

Le monnayage de Didius Julianus fut exclusivement réalisé à l'atelier monétaire de Rome, avec une production de monnaies en or (), argent et bronze (sesterces, dupondii et as) [34].Son épouse, Manlia Scantilla, et leur fille, Didia Clara, disposèrent également d'un monnayage en leur nom propre [35]. Du fait de la brièveté du règne de Julianus, les thèmes abordés par le …

Marcus Didius Severus Iulianus (selten auch Julian I.; * 30.Januar 133 oder 2. Februar 137 in Mailand; † 2. Juni 193 in Rom) war vom 28.März 193 bis zu seinem Tod nach nur 66 Tagen römischer Kaiser.Er war der zweite Kaiser des zweiten Vierkaiserjahres.. Nach dem Tod des Pertinax, der von meuternden Gardisten erschlagen worden war, erreichte das römische …

The Nerva–Antonine dynasty comprised 7 Roman emperors who ruled from 96 to 192 AD: Nerva (96–98), Trajan (98–117), Hadrian (117–138), Antoninus Pius (138–161), Marcus Aurelius (161–180), Lucius Verus (161–169), and Commodus (180–192). The first five of these are commonly known as the "Five Good Emperors".The first five of the six successions within this …

Publius Helvius Pertinax (/ ˈ p ɜːr t ɪ n æ k s /; 1 August 126 – 28 March 193) was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193. He succeeded Commodus to become the first emperor during the tumultuous Year of the Five Emperors.. Born the son of a freed slave, Pertinax became an officer in the army.He fought in the Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, where his success led him to be ...

Julian war der einzige römische Kaiser, der vom Christentum zum Heidentum wechselte. Die konstantinische Wende hatte im weiteren Verlauf des 4. Jahrhunderts zum Teil Übergriffe auf Heiden und die Schließung bzw. (allerdings nicht zur Zeit Konstantins) Zerstörung einiger ihrer Tempel nach sich gezogen. Konstantin hatte das Christentum noch nicht zur Staatsreligion …

The Historia Augusta describes the emperors Didius Julianus and Septimius Severus as disdaining meat in favor of vegetables, while the first emperor born of two barbarian parents, Maximinus Thrax, is said to have devoured mounds of meat. For Pliny, the making of pastries was a sign of civilized countries at peace.

Life Early life. Phocas was probably born in 547, as he was said to be aged 55 when he became emperor. He and his family were likely of Thraco-Roman or Cappadocian origin. The life of Phocas before his usurpation of the Byzantine Empire's throne is obscure, but it is known that he served as a low-ranking officer under Emperor Maurice.. Usurpation. In 602, the Byzantine …

Flavius Julius Crispus (/ ˈ k r ɪ s p ə s /; c. 300 – 326) was the eldest son of the Roman emperor Constantine I, as well as his junior colleague from March 317 until his execution by his father in 326.The grandson of the augustus Constantius I, Crispus was the elder half-brother of the future augustus Constantine II and became co-caesar with him and with his cousin Licinius II at …

Early life. Julian, whose full name was Flavius Claudius Julianus, was born at Constantinople, probably in 331, into the family of the reigning emperor, Constantine I. His father was Julius Constantius, Constantine's younger half-brother, and his mother was a Bithynian noble named Basilina, daughter of a high-ranking bureaucrat, Julianus, who had served as praetorian …

Ses origines. Galère est né sous le nom de Armentarius puis Gaius Galerius Maximinus aux alentours de 250 [3] à Felix Romuliana en Serbie actuelle [4], non loin de Sardica, dans l'une des provinces de Dacie.Son père est originaire de Thrace.Quant à sa mère, Romula, malgré son nom romain, elle est de sang barbare (née hors de l'Empire romain) puisque, née au-delà du …

Life. A Christian and former teacher of grammar and rhetoric, as well as magister scriniorum, Eugenius was an acquaintance of Arbogast, the magister militum.Arbogast was of Frankish origin and de facto ruler of the western portion of the Empire.. Rise to power. Following the death of Valentinian II, Eugenius was elevated to augustus on 22 August 392 at Lyons, by Arbogast.

Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus (c. 210 – September 253), also known as Aemilian, was Roman emperor for three months in 253.. Commander of the Moesian troops, he obtained an important victory against the invading Goths and was, for this reason, acclaimed emperor by his army. He then moved quickly to Roman Italy, where he defeated Emperor Trebonianus Gallus at the …

Petronius Maximus (c. 397 – 31 May 455) was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Roman magister militum, Aëtius, and the Western Roman emperor, Valentinian III.. Maximus secured the throne the day after Valentinian's death by ensuring the backing of …