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Jovian (Flavius Claudius Jovianus) , 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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jovian Adjective derived from Jupiter and used in descriptions of the planet. In planetary geology it is not usual to spell the adjective with an initial capital letter.

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Jovian (c.332–64), Roman Emperor from June 363 to Feb. 364. After the death of the Emp. Julian, Jovian was chosen Emperor by the troops and forced to conclude a humiliating peace with Persia. In theological disputes he supported orthodoxy and received St Athanasius.

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