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Great moments in imperial politics on March 28th.

The Twenty-Eighth of March just so happens to mark three occasions of political life in imperial Rome:

  • A.D. 37 — Roman emperor Caligula accepted the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.
  • A.D. 193 — After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auctioned off the throne to Didius Julianus.
  • A.D. 364 — Roman Emperor Valentinian I appointed his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.

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