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Pertinax, Publius Helvius AD126-93
Roman emperor

He was born at Alba Pompeia in Liguria, the son of a freed slave. When the assassins of Commodus forced him to become emperor, his accession was hailed with delight by the senate, but his fiscal conservation caused him to be slain by the rebellious praetorian guard three months later.