Ruler · 331 – 364

Jovian

Lived 331 – 364; politician. Roman emperor of Ancient Rome, 363 – 364; also in the line of Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire.

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Lived: 331 – 364; 33 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: died by accident; Wikidata's manner of death

Roman emperor

Ancient Rome · the 833rd of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480

829 before

Constantine II337 – 340

Vetranio350

Julian360 – 363

Jovian363 – 364

Valens364 – 378

Valentinian I364 – 375

Gratian367 – 383

9 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 363 – 364 · 1 year · came to it aged 32

Left it: died by accidentWikidata's manner of death: accidental death; carbon monoxide poisoning

Also in the line of Roman Empire (73rd of 79) and Byzantine Empire (3rd of 113).

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