Word: didius
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Dates: during 1976-1976
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...succeeded by the aged Pertinax, who tried to institute reforms, only to be murdered after 86 days by the unreformable Praetorian Guard. This garrison of swaggerers, who for a time held the real power in Rome, then insolently auctioned off the imperial throne to a wealthy Senator named Didius Julianus, who offered each guard the equivalent of some ?200 in silver. He ruled in increasing confusion for 66 days before being beheaded...
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