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<h2 id="imperial-donativa-to-the-praetorian-guard-14193">Imperial Donativa to the Praetorian Guard 14–193</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="4">Imperial Donativa to the Praetorian Guard 14–193</th></tr><tr><th>Year</th><th>Emperor</th><th>Provocation</th><th>Denarii</th></tr><tr><td>14</td><td><a href="/facts/Augustus/RGfMCR2V">Augustus</a></td><td>Last will</td><td>250</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td><a href="/facts/Tiberius/oQzd7AvQ">Tiberius</a></td><td>Loyalty in <a href="/facts/Sejanus/2KI6v4TB">Sejanus</a> crisis</td><td>1,000</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td><a href="/facts/Caligula/3PUxgNf8">Caligula</a></td><td>Upon accession</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Claudius/WJ31y54a">Claudius</a></td><td>Upon accession</td><td>3,750</td></tr><tr><td>Annually</td><td>Anniversary of accession to the throne</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><td>54</td><td><a href="/facts/Nero/1w3NteNP">Nero</a></td><td>Accession</td><td>3,750</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Pay for assassinations</td><td>500 or less</td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td><a href="/facts/Galba/hyWLS8qH">Galba</a></td><td>Promised by <a href="/facts/Gaius_Nymphidius_Sabinus/PDrIo2vX">Nymphidius Sabinus</a>, but not paid</td><td>7,500</td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td><a href="/facts/Otho/8FFcMs1T">Otho</a></td><td>Promised</td><td>1,250</td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td><a href="/facts/Vitellius/sxY50leD">Vitellius</a></td><td>Promised</td><td>1,250</td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td><a href="/facts/Vespasian/cCRJILyw">Vespasian</a></td><td>Regular donativum</td><td>unknown</td></tr><tr><td>79</td><td><a href="/facts/Titus/0ILs5etG">Titus</a></td><td>Regular donativum</td><td>unknown</td></tr><tr><td>81</td><td><a href="/facts/Domitian/tR00gRmQ">Domitian</a></td><td>Considered doubling the donativum but opted for regular sum</td><td>unknown</td></tr><tr><td>96</td><td><a href="/facts/Nerva/QPWWXuBR">Nerva</a></td><td>Regular donativum</td><td>unknown</td></tr><tr><td>98</td><td><a href="/facts/Trajan/Q6n5uj1q">Trajan</a></td><td>Regular donativum</td><td>unknown</td></tr><tr><td>117</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Hadrian/e1RoggvV">Hadrian</a></td><td>Double normal sum<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td>unknown</td></tr><tr><td>136</td><td>Regular donativum upon <a href="/facts/Lucius_Aelius_Caesar/yS7Pekwy">Aelius</a>' adoption<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td>unknown<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>138</td><td><a href="/facts/Antoninus_Pius/Vmpxy9Fs">Antoninus Pius</a></td><td>Regular donativum and upon daughter's marriage</td><td>unknown</td></tr><tr><td>161</td><td><a href="/facts/Marcus_Aurelius/b5uSRbqh">Marcus Aurelius</a></td><td>Joint rule with <a href="/facts/Lucius_Verus/1tAYSqRj">Verus</a></td><td>5,000</td></tr><tr><td>180</td><td><a href="/facts/Commodus/5dlnQE7v">Commodus</a></td><td>Regular donativum; second promised but unpaid</td><td>unknown</td></tr><tr><td>193</td><td><a href="/facts/Pertinax/S4uuBBjl">Pertinax</a></td><td>Forced to pay donativum of <a href="/facts/Commodus/5dlnQE7v">Commodus</a></td><td>3,000</td></tr><tr><td>193</td><td><a href="/facts/Didius_Julianus/CUhe9VH3">Didius Julianus</a></td><td>Purchased the throne</td><td>7,250</td></tr><tr><td>193</td><td><a href="/facts/Septimius_Severus/CbkVjW1D">Septimius Severus</a></td><td>Promised a donativum but paid less</td><td>250</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Congiarium/Rmde7HGV">Congiarium</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Pay_(Roman_army)/G2znU4jU">Pay (Roman army)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>SHA, Hadr. 5.7. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>SHA, Hadr. 23.12; 23,14; Ael. 6.3. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>4,000 or 3,000 sestertii between the donativum and a congiarium, SHA, Hadr. 23.14; Ael. 6.3. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>