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Hello, and welcome to the history of roam.

Episode 110, a Gothic horror.

We left off last time in 248 AD when a short-lived rebellion in Moesia prompted Philip the Arab to send their respected Senator Guy's Dichius to the Danube to get the situation back under control.

Sending out Dichius was supposed to help secure the future of Philip's rule, but instead it was the catalyst for his demise.

Dichius arrived in the north and began making the rounds, inspecting this and telling someone to tuck in that.

And all the while, believe that he really was going to spend the next year or so restoring discipline to the Danube legions.

But the Danube legions had other ideas.

They had flinched from their first rebellion, possibly because Pecateonus was too much of a nobody to be taken seriously as Emperor.

But Dichius, well, you could really picture him drape in the purple.

So, with their grievances still unaddressed, they decided to make another play at revolution, this time with Dichius as their leader.

In the spring of 249, the troops surprised their new commander one morning by hailing him as Emperor.

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