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PERTINAX, PUBLIUS HELVIUS (A.D. 126-193)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 263 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PERTINAX, PUBLIUS HELVIUS (A.D. 126-193) , See also:Roman See also:emperor, the son of a See also:charcoal-burner, was See also:born at See also:Alba Pompeia in See also:Liguria. From being a teacher of See also:grammar he See also:rose through many important offices, both See also:civil and military, to the consulate, which he held twice. Chosen, at an advanced See also:age and against his will, on the 1st of See also:January 193, to succeed See also:Commodus, he was himself assassinated in a See also:mutiny of the soldiers, on the 28th of See also:March 193.

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