Didius Julianus
Links
Didius Julianus
http://www.roman-emperors.org/didjul.htm
Offers information on the short reign of this Roam ruler who bought the throne.
Didius Julianus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didius_Julianus
Encyclopedia article about the life of this Roman Emperor from Wikipedia.
How Didius Julianus Bought the Empire at Auction, 193 CE
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/herodianus-didius.html
Account by Herodian of Syria of how Didius Julianus acquired the Roman throne.
Julianus
http://www.roman-empire.net/decline/julianus.html
Overview of the life and reign of this Roman Emperor.
Sale of the Empire to Didius Julianus
Section from Edward Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," explains how the Roman Emperor bought the Roman Empire at auction.