Jovians and Herculians
The Jovians (Latin: Ioviani) and Herculians (Latin: Herculiani) were the senior palatine imperial guard units under the rule of Diocletian (r. 284–305). They continued in existence thereafter as senior units in the field armies of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires.
History
The name originated in the equation of the two co-emperors Diocletian and Maximian with the Roman gods Jove and Hercules. The old-established Praetorian Guard was based at the Castra Praetoria in Rome, and had frequently proved disloyal, making and deposing emperors and even on one occasion in 193 putting the Imperial throne up for auction to the highest bidder (cf: Didius Julianus). Thus Diocletian, who ruled from Nicomedia, promoted two faithful legions from the Illyricum (Legio V Iovia and VI Herculia), the area he was also descended from, to be the personal protectors of the Roman Emperors. On their promotion, the two old legions were renamed Ioviani and Herculiani. The Praetorian Guard continued to exist until its abolishment by Constantine I in ca. 312, and replaced as the imperial guard by the Scholae Palatinae. The two legions however continued to be counted among the senior units of the army, and after its division between East and West, they too were divided.
Podcasts:
-
by Züriwest
-
by Zueriwest
-
by The Good, The Bad & The Queen
-
by Good The Bad & The Queen
Harry Klein
by: Züriwestumehange - umeschtah - wär seit wohäre gah -
wär seit wo's düregeit - was isch wo agseit -
wär fahrt mit welem mit - är het e heisse schlitte -
är isch ne sowieso - hanspeter - i wott mitcho...
är findet's heiss we me si name uf französisch seit -
är isch e gräui erschiinig - öb'r hocket oder schteit -
2 meter ohni rouschueh - dermasse bi figur -
e maa wie nes ärdbebe - schteu dr mau vor
du loufsch mit dim meitschi dür d'schpitu-gass
& ihri aute si am see & sie verzeut grad
dass daheim e fläsche rosé im chüeuschrank schteit
& re ds puff i dere schtadt uf e wecker geit
& jitz nimmsch no e biiss vo dim whoppercheese
& überleisch dr scho mau - rein präventiv -
was d' dene i dr bude seisch we d' morn am morge ufschteisch
& weisch dass d' di jitz lieber no zu ihre leisch -
jitz wosch ere grad säge wo dis velo schteit
& merksch wie dr dr whopper uf d'sandale gheit -
ghörsch reiffe quiitsche - gsehsch zwe drei meter chrom
& bläch & drinn dr hanspeter & du gsehsch wie sie iischtigt -
wie sie näbenang hocke - är isch dr king -
du hesch dr burger i de socke - hanspeter -
früecher oder schpäter chunnt dr hanspeter -
hanspeter i warne di - hanspeter i hasse di -
hanspeter & nid numen i - hanspeter gang furt vo hie