Pascenius Niger - A History of the Danube

Pascenius niger was appointed governorship of syria. He endeared himself to the population by taking a liberal attitude towards local custom and for encouraging the kind of games marcus had outlawed. Given a more vigorous response, he might have leveraged his position as defacto leader of the eastern empire into dejur leader of the whole empire. But when he finally got making his move, it was too late. Two months had passed since the death of julianus, and niger was just now barely leaving antioch. He wouldn't even make it to the hellespont before being met by saverus.