#who engage in palace intrigue to enrich themselves takes a while
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I had to look up didius julianus after my wife proposed him as a cat namesake (to be fair, mostly bc it lends itself to the nickname “didi “), and I gotta say, buying the office of Roman emperor after the praetorian guard killed the last guy is just a phenomenally stupid move.
#in fact not disbanding the praetorian guard much earlier#was a phenomenally stupid move also#usually the transition from elite military unit to parasitic courtiers#who engage in palace intrigue to enrich themselves takes a while#afaict with the praetorians it happened more or less immediately
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