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Marcus Didius Julianus (/ ˈ d ɪ d i ə s /; 29 January 133 – 2 June 193) [4] was Roman emperor from March to June 193, during the Year of the Five Emperors.Julianus had a promising political career, governing several provinces, including Dalmatia and Germania Inferior, and defeated the Chauci and Chatti, two invading Germanic tribes.
Didius Julianus gained power as proconsul of Africa, succeeding Pertinax in that position. Julianus was not just given the position of emperor after Pertinax's death. He had competition in Pertinax's father-in-law, Sulpicianus, but Julianus outbid him by promising even higher pay for the Praetorian Guard.
The Empire is auctioned off; Marcus Didius Julianus the highest bidder, offers 300 million sesterces for the throne. Roman governors Clodius Albinus and Pescennius Niger claim, with support of their troops, the imperial throne.
Marcus Vitorius Marcellus (120/121) Lucius Minicius Natalis (121/122) Marcus Appius Bradua (uncertain; 122/123) Lucius Catilius Severus Julianus Claudius Reginus (124/125) Lucius Stertinius Noricus (127/128) Marcus Pompeius Macrinus Neos Theophanes (130/131) Tiberius Julius Secundus (131/132) Gaius Ummidius Quadratus Sertorius Severus (133/134)
Didius Julianus Marcus Didius Severus Julianus: 28 March – 1 June 193 (2 months and 4 days) Won auction held by the Praetorian Guard for the position of emperor 30 ...
After Pertinax's death, the Praetorians auctioned off the imperial title; the winner was the wealthy senator Didius Julianus, whose reign would end mere weeks later with his assassination on 1 June 193. [33] Julianus was succeeded by Septimius Severus. [34]
As Severus approached Rome, by the end of May 193, Didius Julianus lost all support and was killed in the palace by a soldier on 2 June 193. [9] [10] The Roman Senate then acclaimed Severus as emperor. [9] [10] Before Severus entered the city, he disbanded the Praetorian Guards and replaced them with his own soldiers.
Marcus Didius Julianus - short-lived emperor Bust of Drusus Julius Caesar Bust of Nero Claudius Drusus Dio Cassius - official and historian Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (Diocletian) - emperor