Inter has exiguas ad tantam rem moras, nondum pensatis sententiis, tumultuantibus paucis (ut in rebus extremis saepe est factum), Iovianus eligitur imperator, domesticorum ordinis primus, paternis meritis mediocriter commendabilis.
During this delay, which was slight considering the importance of the matter, before the various opinions had been weighed, a few hot-headed soldiers (as often happens in an extreme crisis) chose an emperor in the person of Jovianus, commander of the household troops, who had claims for some slight consideration because of the services of his father.
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