Roman army elects Jovian emperor
06/27/363 AD elected
The day after Julian was mortally wounded at the Battle of Samarra, the army elects the Christian Jovian, senior officer of the Scholae, as Emperor.
The aged Saturninius Secundus Salutius, praetorian prefect of the Orient was first offered, but had declined the purple,
Subjects Who or What elected?
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Roman Empire Nation
Objects To Whom or What was elected?
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Jovian (Flavius Jovianus Augustus) Emperor of the Roman Emp...
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