Jovian (Emperor) in the context of "Siliqua"

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Jovian (/ˈdʒoʊviən/; Latin: Jovianus; Ancient Greek: Ἰοβιανός, romanized: Iobianós; 331 – 17 February 364) was Roman emperor from June 363 to February 364. As part of the imperial bodyguard, he accompanied Julian on his campaign against the Sasanian Empire. Julian was killed in battle, and the exhausted and ill-provisioned army declared Jovian his successor. Unable to cross the Tigris, Jovian made peace with the Sasanids on humiliating terms. He spent the rest of his seven-month reign traveling back to Constantinople. After his arrival at Edessa, Jovian was petitioned by bishops over doctrinal issues concerning Christianity. He died at Dadastana, never having reached the capital.

From Jovian's successors Valentinian I and Valens to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, all subsequent administrations involved co-emperors governing a territory split into Eastern and Western jurisdictions. Jovian was consequently the last emperor to rule the entire empire for the whole of his reign.

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👉 Jovian (Emperor) in the context of Siliqua

The siliqua (pl. siliquas or siliquae) is the modern name—given without any ancient evidence to confirm the designation—to small, thin, Roman silver coins produced in the 4th century and later. When the coins were in circulation, the Latin word siliqua was a unit of weight or value defined by one late Roman writer as one twenty-fourth of a Roman solidus.

The term siliqua comes from the siliqua graeca, the seed of the carob tree, which in the Roman weight system is equivalent to 1⁄6 of a scruple (1⁄1728 of a Roman pound or about 0.19 grams).

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Jovian (Emperor) in the context of Singidunum

Singidunum (Serbian: Сингидунум, Singidunum) was an ancient city which later evolved into modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The name is of Celtic origin, going back to the time when the Celtic tribe Scordisci settled the area in the 3rd century BC, following the Gallic invasion of the Balkans. Later on, the Roman Republic conquered the area in 75 BC and incorporated it into the province of Moesia. It was an important fort of the Danubian Limes and Roman Legio IV Flavia Felix was garrisoned there since 86 AD. Singidunum was the birthplace of the Roman Emperor Jovian. It was sacked by Huns in 441, and by Avars and Slavs in 584. At the beginning of the 7th century, the Singidunum fort was finally destroyed.

A large part of Belgrade's downtown belongs to the "Archaeological Site of Singidunum", which was declared a protected zone on 30 June 1964.

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Latin language → Ancient Greek language → Romanization of Ancient Greek → Roman emperor → Julian (emperor) → Julian's Persian expedition → Sasanian Empire → Tigris → Constantinople → Edessa → Dadastana → Valentinian I → Valens → Fall of the Western Roman Empire → Byzantine Empire → Western Roman Empire →