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	Donativum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Donativum (plural donativa) was the name given to the gifts of money dispersed to the soldiers of the Roman legions or to the Praetorian Guard by the Roman Emperors.
		Claudius gave them 150 gold pieces, or some 3,750 denarii, to which the senators' 100 sesterces were added annually to commemorate Claudius's accession.
		The inevitable result of the custom of the donativum was the Praetorians' auctioning of the Empire to Didius Julianus in 193.
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		Donativum (plural, donativa) was the name given to the gifts of money dispersed to the soldiers of the Legions or to the Praetorian Guard by the Roman emperors.
		The purpose of the donativum varied, as some were expressions of gratitude for favors received, and others out right bribery for favors expected in return.
		The donativum thus provided a terrific way to purchase the Praetorians' support and loyalty.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/d/do/donativum.html (255 words)

	Pertinax - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		He attempted to emulate the restrained practices of Marcus Aurelius, and made an effort to reform the alimenta but he faced antagonism from many quarters.
		Ancient writers detail how the Praetorian Guard expected a generous donativum on his ascension, and when they were disappointed, agitated until he produced the money, selling off Commodus' property, including the concubines and youths Commodus kept for his sexual pleasures.
		In early March he narrowly averted one conspiracy by a group to replace him with the consul Quintus Sosius Falco while he was in Ostia inspecting the arrangements for grain shipments.
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		The purpose of a donativum varied as some were tokens of gratitude for favors received, and others bribes for favors expected.
		The donativum thus provided a perfect means for buying the Praetorians' support.
		Claudius gave them 150 gold pieces, or some 3,750 denarii, to which 100 sesterces were added annually to commemorate Claudius' accession.
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	Praetorian Guard
		They were also eligible for special donativum which was generally paid upon an Emperor's ascension to secure the guard's loyalty.
		His son Domitian increased the number of cohorts to 10 and this seems to have stayed in place for the bulk of the guard's remaining existence.
		Didius Julianus, a wealthy senator, bought the imperial office, but reigned only 66 days until he was murdered by the very men that put him there.
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	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Donativum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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		Their nine cohorts (one less than a legion) were larger, the pay and benefits were better, and its military abilities were reliable.
		As conceived by Augustus, the Praetorian cohorts totaled around 9,000 men, recruited from the legions of the regular army or drawn from the most deserving youths in Etruria, Umbria, and Latium (three provinces in central Italy).
		Domitian and Septimius Severus increased the stipendum (payment) to 1,500 denarii, distributed three times a year in January, May and September.
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	(103) Marcus Aurelius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In A.D. 162 Aurelius' co-regent, Lucius Verus, went to the East to deal with the problem, and his victory there in A.D. 164 re-established Roman control of the area.
		This coin (see also no. 102) refers to his initial victory, which was the occasion for Aurelius' second donative (a donativum or donative was the gift of money to soldiers, typically in celebration of a military victory; the civilian equivalent was called a congiarium-see no. 96).
		The reverse appropriately depicts Mars, the god of war.
	www.lawrence.edu /dept/art/buerger/catalogue/103.html (210 words)

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		As prefect he proved absolutely incompetent, infuriating the Praetorians.
		Not only was the Donativum promised to them by Galba left unpaid, but Laco also spent most of his time plotting against Vinius and Icelus for the right to choose an heir for the emperor.
		The increasing unpopularity of Galba and the murderous mood of the Guard were ignored until, on January 15, Laco paid for his lack of vision.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME0886 (195 words)

	Encyclopaedia :: encyclopedia : Vita Domitiani (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Nec tamen eo setius, cum Vologaesus Parthorum rex auxilia adversus Alanos ducemque alterum ex Vespasiani liberis depoposcisset, omni ope contendit ut ipse potissimus mitteretur; et quia discussa res est, alios Orientes reges ut idem postularent donis ac pollicitationibus sollicitare temptavit.
		Patre defuncto, diu cunctatus an duplum donativum militi offerret, numquam iactare dubitavit relictum se participem imperii, sed fraudem testamento adhibitam; neque cessavit ex eo insidias struere fratri clam palamque, quoad correptum gravi valitudine, prius quam plane efflaret animam, pro mortuo deseri iussit; defunctumque nullo praeterquam consecrationis honore dignatus, saepe etiam carpsit obliquis orationibus et edictis.
		Inter initia principatus cotidie secretum sibi horarum sumere solebat, nec quicquam amplius quam muscas captare ac stilo praeacuto configere; ut cuidam interroganti, essetne quis intus cum Caesare, non absurde responsum sit a Vibio Crispo, ne muscam quidem.
	encyclopaedia.cc /Vita_Domitiani (3130 words)

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