id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1931 Pertinax - Wikipedia .html text/html 3154 492 61 Publius Helvius Pertinax (/ˈpɜːrtɪnæks/; 1 August 126 – 28 March 193) was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193. He was a member of the Roman Senate, serving at the same time as the historian Cassius Dio. Following the death of Commodus, Pertinax was acclaimed emperor. After Pertinax's death, the Praetorians auctioned off the imperial title; the winner was the wealthy senator Didius Julianus, whose reign would end with his assassination on 1 June 193.[30] Julianus was succeeded by Septimius Severus.[31] After his entry to Rome, Septimius recognized Pertinax as a legitimate emperor, executed the soldiers who killed him, and not only pressured the Senate to deify him and provide him a state funeral,[32] but also adopted his cognomen of Pertinax as part of his name.[33] For some time, he held games on the anniversary of Pertinax's ascension and his birthday.[34] Pertinax at roman-emperors.org ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1931.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1931.txt