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Pertinax

126–193

Pertinax was Roman emperor for a few months in AD 193 after the assassination of Commodus. His attempt to impose discipline on the Praetorian Guard ended with his murder and the chaotic auction of imperial power.

In Anthony Riches’s Storm of War, Pertinax has been murdered, Didius Julianus has bought the throne, and rival commanders are claiming the purple.

Series

Series featuring Pertinax (1 series)

Empire in Order

by Anthony Riches 16 books 4.5

The Empire series follows Marcus Valerius Aquila, a Roman aristocrat forced into hiding after his family is destroyed under Commodus. Serving under an assumed name with the Tungrian auxiliaries, he moves from Hadrian’s Wall and the Rhine to Rome, Egypt and the eastern civil wars that follow the…

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