Jovian

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Jovian (Flavius Claudius Jovianus) (jō'vēən), c.331-364, Roman emperor (363-64). The commander of the imperial guard under Julian the Apostate in his Persian campaign, Jovian was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers when Julian was killed. He made a humiliating peace with Shapur II of Persia. He returned Christianity to the privileged position it had enjoyed before Julian, and he restored his friend St. Athanasius to the episcopal see of Constantinople. After a reign of only eight months Jovian died and was succeeded by the joint emperors Valentinian I and Valens.

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, (Originally Flavius Jovianus.) A.D. 331?-364.

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Emperor of Rome (363-364). He made peace with the Persians by giving up all Roman territories beyond the Tigris River.

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Jovian is the adjectival form of the god or planet Jupiter. Its archaic form is Jovial.

People named Jovian include:

Jovian (Emperor), Roman emperor (363-364 AD)
Jovianus Pontanus an Italian humanist poet.
the Jovians or Ioviani, a Roman imperial guard corps, see Herculians

In relation to the planet, "Jovian" can refer to:

a Jovian planet, a term in astronomy, also called a Gas giant, term used to describe Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Jovian (fiction), a hypothetical or fictional native inhabitant of the planet Jupiter,

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