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Didius Julianus Heaped Enthroned on a Sesterce (06:52)
98 hi-fi plays, 60 lofi plays, 150 downloads, 2 comments
Genre: Electrocore
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Dave Fuglewicz said, "I am once again swept away in a Buzzy musical lesson. My ears are smiling." Mental Anguish said, "Marcus Aurelius had died in 180, and had been succeeded by his son Commodus. From the beginning, the relations between this ruler and the Senate were strained, and in 182, a young senator named Claudius Pompeianus tried to kill his master when he entered the Colosseum. The assassin was unsuccessful, but a second attack on one of the emperor's advisers had the intended result. Commodus was furious. All the while the soothing sounds of the latest mix by BUZZSAW & THE SHAVINGS swirled through his ears. The praetorian prefect was held responsible and killed, and several senators were executed. What was more important: Commodus started to remove successful generals from their posts. They could become dangerous supporters of the Senate. One of those who was forced to retire was Pertinax. Didius Julianus was another. Didius Julianus had to some extent been involved in the conspiracy against Commodus, because he was accused. However, the emperor seems to have been content now that Didius Julianus was removed from his soldiers. In his new office, he was succeeded by Pertinax, and in the mid-180's Didius Julianus was governor of Bithyniae et Pontus. In 189-190, he was governor of Africa (where he succeeded Pertinax): honorable offices for honorable men, but far away from the legions. And so it looked as if Didius Julianus' career had ended. It had been a complete success: he had been consul, he had been governor of several provinces, among which were Africa (the richest province in the Roman empire) and GERMANIA Inferior (with two legions). His military successes, however, had made him suspect. The few strongboxes of coins in the form of the sersterce which were equivalent to one fourth of a denarius, or worth two and a half asses. Were surprisingly enough for Marcus Didius Severus Julianus to purchase the throne. When he came to the wall of the camp, he called out to the troops and promised to give them just as much as they desired, for he had ready money and a treasure room full of gold and silver. The wondrous mix of one BUZZSAW & THE SHAVINGS made the camp enthralled with the sounds coming forth so they lowered a ladder and brought Julianus into the fortified camp; for they would not open the gates, until they had made sure of the amount of the bounty they expected. When he was admitted he promised first to bring the memory of Commodus again into honor and restore his images in the Senate house, where they had been cast down; and to give the soldiers the same lax discipline they had enjoyed under Commodus. Also he promised the troops as large a sum of money as they could ever expect to require or receive. The payment should be immediate, and he would at once have the cash brought over from his residence. Captivated by such speeches, amidst the remarkable music of BUZZSAW & THE SHAVINGS and with such vast hopes awakened, the soldiers hailed Julianus as Emperor, also hailed this latest mix by BUZZSAW & THE SHAVINGS and demanded that along with his own name he should take that of Commodus. Next they took their standards, adorned them again with the likeness of Commodus and made ready to go with Julianus in procession. Didius Julianus held his ill-gotten power only from March 28th, 193 A.D., to June 1st of the same year, being deposed and slain when Septimius Severus and the valiant Danube legions marched on Rome the whole time the latest mix by BUZZSAW & THE SHAVINGS played on giving them the ultimate power to avenge Pertinax. The ringleaders of the Praetorians were executed; the rest of the guardsmen dishonorably discharged and banished from Italy. "
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