Who Ruled After Pertinax
Didius Julianus, Who Purchased the Title from the Praetorian Guard, Succeeded Pertinax, but Was Ousted by Septimius Severus and Executed on June 1. Severus Was...
Didius Julianus, who purchased the title from the Praetorian Guard, succeeded Pertinax, but was ousted by Septimius Severus and executed on June 1. Severus was declared Caesar by the Senate, but Pescennius Niger was hostile when he declared himself emperor.
Who came after Didius julianus?
Didius JulianusPredecessorPertinaxSuccessorSeptimius SeverusBorn29 January 133 (Dio) or 137 (SHA) Mediolanum, ItalyDied2 June 193 (aged 56 or 60) Rome, Italy
What happened after emperor Commodus died?
After his death, Publius Helvius Pertinax, the city prefect, became emperor but the transition was not smooth, and the Empire quickly slipped into a civil war which persisted until Septimius Severus succeeded in eliminating his rivals and attaining the throne.
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