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Italy: Jovian (331-364),64th Roman emperor, from the book Romanorvm imperatorvm effigies: elogijs ex diuersis scriptoribus per Thomam Treteru S. Mariae Transtyberim canonicum collectis< / i>,1583

Jovian (331-364) was the son of Varronianus, the commander of Emperor Constantius II's imperial bodyguards. Jovian eventually rose to the same command as his father, serving under Emperor Julian against the Sassanid Empire. When Julian died from a mortal wound while fighting in 363, Jovian became emperor after others had declined to don the purple.
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Italy: Jovian (331-364),64th Roman emperor, from the book Romanorvm imperatorvm effigies: elogijs ex diuersis scriptoribus per Thomam Treteru S. Mariae Transtyberim canonicum collectis< / i>,1583
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Jovian (331-364) was the son of Varronianus, the commander of Emperor Constantius II's imperial bodyguards. Jovian eventually rose to the same command as his father, serving under Emperor Julian against the Sassanid Empire. When Julian died from a mortal wound while fighting in 363, Jovian became emperor after others had declined to don the purple.
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