Upon his accession he reduced the silver purity of the denarius from 46. 5 % to 43 % — the actual silver weight dropping from 1. 41 grams to 1. 30 grams ; however, in 229 he revalued the denarius, increasing the silver purity and weight to 45 % and 1. 46 grams respectively.

Upon Ahmad Shah's death, the Durrani chieftains only reluctantly accepted Timur's accession.

Upon his accession he revalued the Roman currency dramatically.

Upon his accession, Domitian revalued the Roman currency by increasing the silver content of the denarius by 12 %.

Upon his accession to the throne, Hadrian withdrew from Trajan's conquests in Mesopotamia and Armenia, and even considered abandoning Dacia.

Upon his accession as Padishah ( Emperor ), he began to re-organise the administration upon mystically determined principles.

Upon his accession to power, Shaka was confronted by two potent threats, the Ndwandwes under Zwide, and the Qwabes.

Upon his accession at age 54, he was the youngest member of the Politburo.

Upon his accession he wrote to Peter the Venerable and the monks of Cluny, asking them to pray for him, while he was congratulated by Arnulf of Lisieux.

Upon his accession as pope, Gregory immediately appealed to the Byzantine Emperor Leo III to moderate his position on the iconoclastic controversy.

Upon the accession of Claudius as emperor in 41, Vespasian was appointed legate of Legio II Augusta, stationed in Germania, thanks to the influence of the Imperial freedman Narcissus.

Upon his accession he converted from Roman Catholicism to the Lutheranism of the Swedish court.

Upon his accession as Count of Provence and Forcalquier in 1246, Charles rapidly found himself in difficulties.

Upon his accession Commodus devalued the Roman currency.

Upon his accession as king, Henry updated the arms of the kingdom to match an update in those of royal France – from a field of fleur-de-lys to just three.

Upon Frederick's accession in 1740 Emanuel became a member of the royal orchestra.

Upon the accession of the crown prince Frederick William IV in June 1840, Humboldt's favour at court increased.

Upon the accession of Titus as emperor in 79, she returned to Rome, but was quickly dismissed amidst a number of popular measures of Titus to restore his reputation with the populace.

Upon his father's accession to the throne in 1872, Gustaf became crown prince of both Sweden and Norway.

Upon his accession to the throne, he assumed the Arms of Dominion of Sweden.

Upon his accession, Julianus immediately devalued the Roman currency, decreasing the silver purity of the denarius from 87 % to 81. 5 % — the actual silver weight dropping from 2. 75 grams to 2. 40 grams.

Upon accession to the crown and being proclaimed before the Cortes Generales, the king swears an oath to faithfully carry out his constitutional duties and to abide by the constitution and laws of the state.

Upon the accession to France's throne of Henry IV of Bourbon in 1589, his first cousin-once-removed Henry, Prince of Condé ( 1588 – 1646 ), was heir presumptive to the crown until 1601.

Upon the accession of Prince Faisal's elder brother, King Saud, to the throne in 1953, Prince Faisal was appointed Crown Prince.

Upon the accession of King Edward VII, the basic maple leaf was retained but updated with a portrait of Edward wearing the ermine Robes of State.

Upon arrival to the UC San Diego campus, he toured the Sixth College Hub ( Pepper Canyon Hall ), residence halls, and student apartments before taking part in a Meet & Greet event for Sixth college students.

Upon returning to their second year at the college, the Upper Sixth students are given their own study bedrooms, with en-suite bathrooms.

Upon announcement of Hodel becoming president of the CCA, he expressed a desire to serve the grassroots activists that made up the Coalition: "... I am here.

Upon her return to Kenya, Maathai again campaigned for parliament in the 2002 elections, this time as a candidate of the National Rainbow Coalition, the umbrella organization which finally united the opposition.

Upon hearing Bushnell's comment, the two groups declined his offer.

Upon hearing of this, Crowe called Carr and invited him to Australia to address his Rugby league team the South Sydney Rabbitohs, an offer Carr took Crowe up on the following summer.

Upon its opening in 1825, it was the first university to offer a full slate of elective courses to its students.

Leone was approached as a potential director of The Godfather, but turned down the offer in order to work on his prohibition era crime epic Once Upon a Time in America.

Upon Rudolf's death, Matthias succeeded in the rule of Bohemia ( 1612 – 1619 ) and extended his offer of more legal and religious concessions to Bohemia, relying mostly on the advice of his chancellor, Bishop Melchior Khlesl.

Upon investigating suspicious share price movements in the run-up to the announcement, the SEC alleged that board member Sir David Li, one of Hong Kong's most prominent businessmen, had informed his close friend and business associate Michael Leung of the impending offer.

Upon graduating he received an offer from Harvard University to do graduate work in Biology.

" Upon the Mother depend the winds, the ocean, the whole earth beneath the snowy seat of Olympus ; whenever she leaves the mountains and climbs to the great vault of heaven, Zeus himself, the son of Cronus, makes way, and all the other immortal gods likewise make way for the dread goddess ," the seer Mopsus tells Jason in Argonautica ; Jason climbed to the sanctuary high on Mount Dindymon to offer sacrifice and libations to placate the goddess, so that the Argonauts might continue on their way.

Upon graduation, Shimomura intended to become a piano instructor and was extended a job offer to become a piano teacher at a music store, but as she had been an avid gamer for many years she decided to send some samples of her work to various video game companies that were recruiting at the university.

Upon learning that Walters and other colleagues had signed on, however, Mirren rethought her original decision and accepted the offer.

Upon the outbreak of World War II, the couple sailed for London, England, where Skarbek sought to offer her services in the struggle against the common enemy.

Upon graduation, he received a job offer from the Coatesville Record in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

" Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah, I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins ; and this shall never be taken again from the earth until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness.

Upon hearing this, the comedian overrode his agent and accepted the offer.

Upon reaching the age of 30 unmarried, it would have been reasonable to expect that Isabella would never marry, however the Burgundian house of Valois provided her with an attractive offer of marriage in 1428.

Upon receiving the mandamus John Pechell, the master of Magdalene College, who was vice-chancellor, sent a messenger to the Duke of Albemarle, the chancellor, to request him to get the mandamus recalled ; and the registrary and the bedell waited upon Francis to offer him instant admission to the degree if only he would take the necessary oaths.

Upon the death of his wife who had perished in the black plague of 1737, he offered to raise an irregular corps of pandurs for service against the Turks, but this offer was refused, after which he entered the Russian army as a mercenary.

Upon its rediscovery, various alumni offered to pay for the mace's repair but the university declined their offer.

Upon receiving an offer to be professor of neurosurgery at the State University of New York in 1962, Watkins moved to Syracuse, New York, and continued his interest in motorsport at the Watkins Glen circuit.

Upon leaving the Marines, Schonely followed a job offer to WAFB radio and TV in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he served in a variety of on-air roles.

Upon returning from the 1986 World Cup, Beardsley helped a struggling Newcastle to avoid relegation, eventually finishing 17th, scoring just 5 goals in 36 appearances, and won a further six caps for his country, before Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish made a national record £ 1. 9 million offer to Newcastle for Beardsley's services.

Upon awakening, the warrior would offer his left pinkie finger to the Great Spirit, whereupon a masked tribesman would sever it with a hatchet blow.

Upon leaving the business world, his sole intent was to offer service to his fellow citizens without the taint of special interests or the compromise of political expediency.

Upon some reflection, she accepted the offer at last.