Pertinax
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Publius Helvius Pertinax was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193, succeeding Commodus and becoming the first ruler of the turbulent Year of the Five Emperors.
Bust, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Roman aureus struck under Pertinax: IMP. CAES. P. HELV. PERTIN. AVG. / PROVIDentia DEORum COnSul II
![Coin of Pertinax's son with legend "KAI[C]AP [ΠΕΡΤΙΝΑΞ]" (Caesar Pertinax)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Tetradrachm_Pertinax_Caesar.jpg/500px-Tetradrachm_Pertinax_Caesar.jpg)
Coin of Pertinax's son with legend "KAI[C]AP [ΠΕΡΤΙΝΑΞ]" (Caesar Pertinax)
Commodus
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Commodus was Roman emperor from 177 to 192, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father Marcus Aurelius and then ruling alone from 180. Commodus's sole reign is commonly thought to mark the e
Pertinax
…Publius Helvius Pertinax ( PER-tin-ax; 1 August 126 – 28 March 193) was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193, succeeding Commodus and becoming the first ruler of the turbulent Year of the Five Emperors. The son of a freedman, Pertinax rose from modest origins through a military…
Commodus as Hercules (AD 192), Capitoline Museums, Rome, one of the most famous Roman sculptures.
Commodus c. 170–175 AD, Romano-Germanic Museum.
Commodus c. 180 AD, Getty Museum.
Commodus with attributes of Helios, Apollo, and Jupiter, late 2nd century AD, sardonyx cameo relief, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg