Pertinax
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Pertinax (Laitin: Publius Helvius Pertinax Augustus;[1] 1 August 126 – 28 Mairch 193) wis Roman Emperor for three month in 193.[2] He is kent as the first emperor o the tumultuous Year o the Five Emperors. A heich-rankin militar an Senatorial figure,[3] he tried tae restore discipline in the Praetorian Guards, whaurupon thay rebelled an killed him. Upon his daith he wis succeedit bi Didius Julianus, whose reign wis similarly short.
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