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Pertinax

126 - 193

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Publius Helvius Pertinax ( PER-tin-ax; 1 August 126 – 28 March 193) was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193. He succeeded Commodus to become the first emperor during the tumultuous Year of the Five Emperors. Born to the son of a freed slave, Pertinax became an officer in the army. He fought in the Roman–Parthian War of 161–166, where his success led to higher positions in both the military and political spheres. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pertinax is the 462nd most popular politician (up from 542nd in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 270th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Italian Politician.

Pertinax is most famous for being the first emperor of Rome to be killed by a mob.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pertinax ranks 462 out of 19,576. Before him are Mahidevran, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Radovan Karadžić, Ibn Saud, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Henry VII of England. After him are Alfred the Great, Willy Brandt, Toghon Temür, Nawaz Sharif, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Jean-Bédel Bokassa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 126, Pertinax ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 193, Pertinax ranks 2. Before him is Didius Julianus. After him are Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus, Xiao He, Marcia, and Manlia Scantilla.

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    Pertinax

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    126 - 193

    HPI: 79.52

    Rank: 1

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pertinax ranks 232 out of 5,161. Before him are Giorgione (1478), Terence Hill (1939), Pope Honorius III (1148), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Pope Alexander III (1100), and Pope Adrian V (1205). After him are Catherine of Siena (1347), Giovanni Bellini (1430), Vitellius (15), Luca Pacioli (1445), Pope Lucius III (1110), and Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Pertinax ranks 39. Before him are Marcus Licinius Crassus (-115), Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869), Galba (-3), Sergio Mattarella (1941), Constans (320), and Didius Julianus (133). After him are Vitellius (15), Otho (32), Florianus (232), Servius Tullius (-600), Scipio Africanus (-235), and Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519).

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