Jovinus
Jovinus was a Gallo-Roman senator and claimed to be Roman Emperor (411–413 AD).
Following the defeat of the usurper known with the name of Constantine III, Jovinus was proclaimed emperor at Mainz in 411, a puppet supported by Gundahar, king of the Burgundians, and Goar, king of the Alans. Jovinus kept his position in Gaul for two years, long enough to issue coinage that showed him wearing the imperial diadem. He was supported by a number of local Gallo-Roman nobles who had survived Constantine's defeat.
Under the pretext of Jovinus' imperial authority, Gundahar and his Burgundians established themselves on the left bank of the Rhine (the Roman side) between the river Lauter and the Nahe. Here they founded a kingdom with the old Romanized Gaulish settlement of Borbetomagus (Worms) as its capital.
Jovinus' end came after the Visigoths under Ataulf left Italy (at Priscus Attalus' advice), ostensibly to join him, carrying with them as hostages the ex-emperor Attalus and Galla Placidia, Honorius' half-sister. Then Ataulf attacked and killed Sarus, who had also come to support Jovinus. Jovinus, offended at this act, then failed to consult Ataulf when he elevated his brother Sebastianus as co-emperor. Insulted, Ataulf allied his Visigoths with Honorius, and they defeated Jovinus' troops. Sebastianus was executed. Jovinus fled for his life, but was besieged and captured in Valentia (Valence, Drôme) and taken to Narbo (Narbonne), where Caius Posthumus Dardanus, the praetorian prefect (governor) in Gaul, who had remained loyal to Honorius, had him executed. Jovinus' and Sebastianus' heads were afterwards sent to Honorius and mounted on the walls of Ravenna (before being passed on to Carthage, where they were put on permanent display with the heads of four other usurpers).
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Xmas Story
by: Jah Vinci[Chorus:]
Wat a Rassclaat christmas dis muss be
If a fool cum discuss me,
Mi mek mi nozzle light up like a christmas tree,
Mi nuh fling kicks and mi nuh Jet lee,
Bwwwoooiii, you cuda thick like bitch dawg,
Mi a go send yuh body to the morgue,
Mi gun dem heavy, o lord, mi gun dem heavy ooh yeh
[Verse 1:]
Dem a dawg face,
Run up inna mi glock face,
Rifle shot longer dan a Clarks lace,
Mi send di bwoi body to a dark space,
Bullets him get from him start trace,
Cah mi gun dem bigger dan yuh barber chair
And di shot dem fatter dan yuh barber shear,
Mi buss My gun mek di barber gear,
A king queer, him a play inna shebada hair,
[Chorus:]
Wat a Rassclaat christmas dis muss be
If a fool cum discuss me,
Mi mek mi nozzle light up like a christmas tree,
Mi nuh fling kicks and mi nuh Jet lee,
Bwwwoooiii, you cuda thick like bitch dawg,
Mi a go send yuh body to the morgue,
Mi gun dem heavy, o lord, mi gun dem heavy ooh yeh
[Verse 2:]
Shot will buck inna yuh face like a rhhiinnoo
Straight,
Up inna yuh stinkin face coppa gwine go,
So if yuh tink say yuh bad just try nuh,
Inna yuh Gully side dem a guh find yuh,
When mi talk just try nuh fight,
Mi have guns, grenades and dynamite,
Yuh tink mi fraid fi mek di biner bite
The sound alone a go blind yuh sight,
Yuh hear bout line stick yuh tink a clothes mi heng up wid it,
Tink a bwoi mi fren up wid it
Well a bone mi bend up wid it,
Copper inna clothes wid brain mi send up with it,
An wen it splash inna face is when it dash inna face,
An when it dash inna face it lef a chop inna face,
Cause it nuh stop inna face, when it clap inna face
It lef a big chop inna face,
[Bridge:]
Dem a dawg face, run up inna mi glock face,
Rifle shot longer dan a Clarks lace,
Mi send di bwoi body to a dark space,
Bullets him get from him start trace,
Cah mi gun dem bigger dan yuh barber chair
And di shot dem fatter dan yuh barber shear,
Mi bussMy gun mek di barber gear,
A king queer, him a play inna shebada hair,
[Chorus:]
Wat a Rassclaat christmas dis muss be
If a fool cum discuss me,
Mi mek mi nozzle light up like a christmas tree,
Mi nuh fling kicks and mi nuh Jet lee,
Bwwwoooiii, you cuda thick like bitch dawg,
Mi a go send yuh body to the morgue,