- The
donativum (plural donativa) was a gift of
money by the
Roman emperors to the
soldiers of the
Roman legions or to the
Praetorian Guard. The English...
-
Donativum is a
British thoroughbred racehorse and
winner of the 2008 Breeders' Cup
Juvenile Turf.
Donativum was a grey
gelding bred in the
United Kingdom...
- he lost the
favor of the
Praetorian Guard when he
refused to pay
their donativum and
began revoking their privileges under Commodus. When
confronted by...
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Septimius Severus raised the pay of legionaries, and gave
substantial donativum to the troops. The
large and
ongoing increase in
military expenditure...
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every new
emperor since Claudius,
Lucius promised the
troops a
special donativum. This donative, however, was
twice the size of
those past: 20,000 sesterces...
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Ancient writers detail how the
Praetorian Guard expected a
generous donativum on his ascension, and when they were disappointed,
agitated until he produced...
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Guard and the legions. To
secure their loyalty,
several emperors paid the
donativum, a
monetary reward. In theory, the
Senate was
entitled to
choose the new...
- upon the citizens,
while the
soldiers of the
Praetorian Guard received a
donativum which may have
amounted to as much as 5000
denarii per person. This was...
- of the m****ive
tribute owed to the Persians, as well as the
necessary donativum to the army to
secure its
acceptance of his accession, made
Philip desperately...
- and a half
times that of a legionary,
augmented by
prime additions of
donativum,
granted by each new emperor. This
additional pay was the
equivalent of...
