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Didius Julianus

133 - 193

Didius Julianus

Marcus Didius Julianus (; 29 January 133 – 2 June 193) was Roman emperor from March to June 193, during the Year of the Five Emperors. Julianus had a promising political career, governing several provinces, including Dalmatia and Germania Inferior, and defeated the Chauci and Chatti, two invading Germanic tribes. He was even appointed to the consulship in 175 along with Pertinax as a reward, before being demoted by Commodus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Didius Julianus has received more than 1,909,205 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Didius Julianus is the 596th most popular politician (down from 505th in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from Italy (down from 240th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Italian Politician.

Didius Julianus was most famous for being the emperor of Rome for only three days. He was chosen by the Roman Senate to be emperor after the death of Pertinax.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Didius Julianus ranks 596 out of 19,576. Before him are Valens, Valentinian III, Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah, Juliana of the Netherlands, Æthelstan, and Aurelian. After him are Christian IV of Denmark, Hugo Chávez, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Alexander IV of Macedon, and Jeroboam.

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Valens
328 - 378
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 590
Valentinian III
419 - 455
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 591
Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah
582 - 639
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 592
Juliana of the Netherlands
1909 - 2004
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 593
Æthelstan
895 - 939
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 594
Aurelian
214 - 275
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 595
Didius Julianus
133 - 193
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 596
Christian IV of Denmark
1577 - 1648
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 597
Hugo Chávez
1954 - 2013
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 598
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
1850 - 1937
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 599
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
1810 - 1861
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 600
Alexander IV of Macedon
323 BC - 309 BC
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 601
Jeroboam
1000 BC - 910 BC
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 602

Contemporaries

Among people born in 133, Didius Julianus ranks 1. After him are Athenagoras of Athens, and Cai Yong. Among people deceased in 193, Didius Julianus ranks 2. Before him is Pertinax. After him are Xiao He, Marcia, Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus, and Manlia Scantilla.