Flavius Cla?d Jovianus Killed by Fumes
Dadastana, Turkey
February 17, 364
Flavius Cla?d Jovianus, the Roman Emperor who was elected by the army after the death of Julian, died after a reign of only eight months. On February 17, 364, during his return to Constantinople, he was found dead in bed in his tent at Dadastana, Turkey (halfway between Ancyra and Nicaea). He died from the poisonous carbon monoxide fumes of a charcoal warming fire in his tent. |
