On this day in AD 193,march 28 the Roman emperor Pertinax was assassinated at Rome
On this day in AD 193,march 28 the Roman emperor Pertinax was assassinated at Rome Text by Benedict Segal Publius Helvius Pertinax was born at Alba Pompeia in Liguria on 1 August, 126 the son of Helvius Successus, a man of humble origins who may have been a freedman. His mother’s identity is unknown. Pertinax received a basic Roman education, which led him initially to become a teacher before joining the Roman army as an officer through the patronage of the senator Claudius Pompeianus. AV aureus of Pertinax. Obverse has laureate head of emperor r., IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG. Reverse has Providentia left, right hand upraised below star, PROVID DEOR COS II. Image kingly courtesy Classical Numismatics Group. He was appointed the commander of a cohort of Gallic auxiliaries in Syria under Antoninus Pius in which post he served with distinction in the Parthian War which broke out in 162. This led to a promotion as one of the military tribunes of Legio VI Victrix, then...