Editing Didius Julianus (section)

=== Death ===

Julianus was killed in the palace by a soldier on 2 June 193 AD, after a mere 66 days of ruling.<ref name=":0">Dio, lxxiv, 17.5; Historia Augusta, ''Didius Julianus'', 8–9.</ref>  According to the contemporary Roman historian [[Cassius Dio]], Julianus' last words were: "But what evil have I done? Whom have I killed?"<ref name="Cassius Dio, lxxiv, 17.5">Cassius Dio, lxxiv, 17.5.</ref> His body was given to his wife and daughter, who buried it in his great-grandfather's tomb by the fifth milestone on the [[Via Labicana]].<ref>Historia Augusta, ''Didius Julianus'', 8.10.</ref> The Senate passed a ''[[damnatio memoriae]]'' motion to condemn Julianus and his legacy.<ref name = livius/> Severus dismissed the Praetorian Guard and executed the soldiers who had killed Pertinax, the previous emperor.<ref>Cassius Dio, lxxv, 1.1.</ref>