DIDIUS JULIANUS

(Marcus Didius Salvius Julianus)dĭˈdēəs joolēāˈnəs, d. 193, Roman emperor (193). He was consul under Pertinax, on whose death the Praetorian Guard received bids for the position of emperor. Didius bid highest and became emperor. Two months later he was murdered when Septimius Severus, who would not recognize him, bought the support of the Praetorian Guard. Severus succeeded him.

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Septimius Severus: The African Emperor
Book by Anthony R. Birley; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Lucius Septimius Severus, 193-211, Severus, Lucius Septimius--Emperor Of Rome--146-211
...on. When the consul designate formally proposed the motion That Didius Julianus be declared emperor, Julianus said, Add Severus . His full names were M. Didius Severus Julianus. 18 Julianus had no fears about either the British or Danubian...
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Rome and Its Empire, AD 193-284
Book by Olivier Hekster, Nicholas Zair; Edinburgh University Press, 2008
Subjects: Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
...the defence measures taken by Didius Julianus, Septimius Severus predecessor...the main problem Dio had with Didius Julianus was the way in which the latter...the most, a bidding war which Didius Julianus won (II 1 74.11.2). By...
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A History and Description of Roman Political Institutions
Book by Frank Frost Abbott; Biblio & Tannen, 1963
Subjects: Rome--Politics And Government
...government. 379. Pertinax and Didius Julianus. P. Helvius Pertinax, whom...was murdered. A senator named Didius Julianus, who surpassed all other aspirants...succession, and the unpopularity of Didius Julianus in Rome, encouraged L. Septimius...
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Empire of Honour: The Art of Government in the Roman World
Book by J. E. Lendon; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Rome--Politics And Government--30 B.C.-476 A.D
...Herodians eerily similar description of the fall of Didius Julianus: The soldiers became angry, and the people, perceiving the soldiers attitude, held him Didius Julianus in contempt, and heckled him when he came out and...
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Emperors Don't Die in Bed
Book by Fik Meijer; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
...the soldiers: Sulpicianus and Didius Julianus. The first was an ex-consul...support. From outside the camp Julianus began to drive up the price. Both...twenty thousand sesterces per man, Julianus topped him by five thousand sesterces...
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Honor, Shame, and Social Status Revisited
Journal article by Zeba Crook; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 128, 2009
Subjects: Armed forces, Behavior, Cultural values
...disaffection among the people led to disaffection among the soldiers. Likewise, Herodias describes the downfall of Didius Julianus (emperor in 193 c.e.) similarly, only here the initial lack of respect shown by the soldiers emboldened the...


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magazine articles on: Didius Julianus  - 1 result

 
 
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Libya, Land of Myths & Demons: David Winter Visits a Land Beset for Millennia by the Fantasies of Outsiders
Magazine article by David Winter; History Today, Vol. 58, June 2008
Subjects: Leptis Magna (Ancient city)--History, Libyan history
...most formidable superpowers. When Lucius Septimius Severus (AD 145-211) wrested control of the Roman empire from Didius Julianus in 193, he became Romes first African emperor--and the last native-born Libyan to rule over his homeland until...


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newspaper articles on: Didius Julianus  - 2 results

 
 
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Denting a Few Egos in the U.S. Senate
Newspaper article by Wesley Pruden; The Washington Times, June 30, 2000
Subjects: Reno, Janet, Specter, Arlen
...ironic that it recalled to my memory something which really has no bearing here. That on March 28 in 193 A.D., Didius Julianus purchased the throne of the Roman Empire at an auction. As I recall, he paid 62 hundred and 50 whatever your coins...
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Peer Pressure
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 7, 2006
Subjects: Fraud--Political aspects
...political history, AJ Maundy Gregory. Of course, the sale of honours had been going on since 193 AD, when Marcus Didius Julianus bought the title of Roman Emperor, and it was the British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger who laid down the...


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encyclopedia articles on: Didius Julianus  - 4 results

 
 
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Didius Julianus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DIDIUS JULIANUS (Marcus Didius Salvius Julianus)di de s joolea n s, d. 193, Roman emperor (193). He was consul under Pertinax , on whose death the Praetorian Guard received bids for the position of emperor. Didius bid highest and became...
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Rulers of the Roman Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Aurelius, 161 69 Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius, 180 92 Pertinax, proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard, 193 Didius Julianus, bought office from the Praetorian Guard, 193 Severus, proclaimed emperor, 193 211 Caracalla, son of Severus...
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Pertinax
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...to curb license in the Praetorian Guard, he was slain by a soldier, thus ending his brief reign of three months. Didius Julianus succeeded him. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus), Roman Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Pertinax , lasted three months before he too was assassinated. The Pretorian guards arranged the succession of the weak Didius Julianus . With the empire in disarray, Severus marched on Rome. Proclaimed emperor, Severus went to the East to overthrow...


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