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PUBLIUS HELVIUS PERTINAX (A.D. 126-193) , See also: Roman emperor, the son of a See also: charcoal-burner, was See also: born at See also: Alba Pompeia in See also: Liguria
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From being a teacher of grammar he See also: rose through many important offices, both See also: civil and military, to the consulate, which he held twice
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Chosen, at an advanced age and against his will, on the 1st of See also: January 193, to succeed Commodus, he was himself assassinated in a See also: mutiny of the soldiers, on the 28th of See also: March 193
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