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Pertinax was not murdered by a mere uprising of soldiers on the Palatine hill, he was murdered by the Praetorians was he not? From all the historical accounts I have been able to observe, including modern accounts such as those from Gibbons, Pertinax was not simply executed by a mob of soldiers, but targeted from within the Praetorian ranks. Should his box not be changed to reflect the fact that he was murdered by the Praetorian Guard?
I have slightly changed the wording of the events of March 193, and added some detail. Anthony.bradbury 12:10, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Should there be some mention made of the role played by Pertinax in an alternate history novel, Romanitas? In this, he survives assasination, and goes on to carry out many important reforms. WikiReaderer 21:48, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
The article first states "[h]e was emperor for only 87 days" and later states "[h]is short reign (86 days) was an uneasy one". Gibbon has it as "86 days only after the death of Commodus", which would seem to possibly be 24 hour units rather than calendar days, as Commodus seems to have been killed near midnight and Pertinax was killed near noon. But the article should pick one.
216.77.227.14 21:51, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Is that a Gorgoneion depicted on Pertinax' breastplate? -- Steerpike ( talk) 16:35, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
The article says "He devalued the Roman currency dramatically, increasing the silver purity of the denarius from 74% to 87% — the actual silver weight increasing from 2.22 grams to 2.75 grams." But isn't this wrong? If he increased the purity of the silver coin, isn't that the exact opposite of devaluing? Leecharleswalker ( talk) 21:55, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
Pertinax was emperor during the Severan Dynasty 50.78.14.145 ( talk) 18:00, 19 January 2018 (UTC) Anonymous
In section "Emperor": "Ancient writers detail how the Praetorian Guard expected a generous donativum on his ascension, and when they were disappointed, agitated until he produced the money, selling off Commodus' property,[20] including the concubines and youths Commodus kept for his sexual pleasures": who sold off Commodus' property, the Praetorians or the emperor himself to produce the money? ditto for the youths. "The purple" - What is "the purple"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pintogrunt ( talk • contribs) 06:35, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
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I'm surprised that there is no mention of his wife, Flavia Titiana the daughter of Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus. (See Historia Augusta, "Pertinax", 5.4; "Didius Julianus" 2.4). This alliance would have confirmed his admission into Senatorial ranks, & based on this alone is worth mentioning. ISTR Flavia & Pertinax had a daughter, but I cannot find any source to confirm that. -- llywrch ( talk) 18:38, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
It says "he was assassinated..." and the bio doesn't say that he was. He = pertina x. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.135.96.134 ( talk) 19:20, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
Far too much citing of this extremely skeptical work. Even when it coincides with Dio, it's not to be trusted. HammerFilmFan ( talk) 10:27, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
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Pertinax was not murdered by a mere uprising of soldiers on the Palatine hill, he was murdered by the Praetorians was he not? From all the historical accounts I have been able to observe, including modern accounts such as those from Gibbons, Pertinax was not simply executed by a mob of soldiers, but targeted from within the Praetorian ranks. Should his box not be changed to reflect the fact that he was murdered by the Praetorian Guard?
I have slightly changed the wording of the events of March 193, and added some detail. Anthony.bradbury 12:10, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Should there be some mention made of the role played by Pertinax in an alternate history novel, Romanitas? In this, he survives assasination, and goes on to carry out many important reforms. WikiReaderer 21:48, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
The article first states "[h]e was emperor for only 87 days" and later states "[h]is short reign (86 days) was an uneasy one". Gibbon has it as "86 days only after the death of Commodus", which would seem to possibly be 24 hour units rather than calendar days, as Commodus seems to have been killed near midnight and Pertinax was killed near noon. But the article should pick one.
216.77.227.14 21:51, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Is that a Gorgoneion depicted on Pertinax' breastplate? -- Steerpike ( talk) 16:35, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
The article says "He devalued the Roman currency dramatically, increasing the silver purity of the denarius from 74% to 87% — the actual silver weight increasing from 2.22 grams to 2.75 grams." But isn't this wrong? If he increased the purity of the silver coin, isn't that the exact opposite of devaluing? Leecharleswalker ( talk) 21:55, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
Pertinax was emperor during the Severan Dynasty 50.78.14.145 ( talk) 18:00, 19 January 2018 (UTC) Anonymous
In section "Emperor": "Ancient writers detail how the Praetorian Guard expected a generous donativum on his ascension, and when they were disappointed, agitated until he produced the money, selling off Commodus' property,[20] including the concubines and youths Commodus kept for his sexual pleasures": who sold off Commodus' property, the Praetorians or the emperor himself to produce the money? ditto for the youths. "The purple" - What is "the purple"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pintogrunt ( talk • contribs) 06:35, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
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Please note that all of these are suggestions, and can be implemented or ignored at your discretion.
I'm surprised that there is no mention of his wife, Flavia Titiana the daughter of Titus Flavius Claudius Sulpicianus. (See Historia Augusta, "Pertinax", 5.4; "Didius Julianus" 2.4). This alliance would have confirmed his admission into Senatorial ranks, & based on this alone is worth mentioning. ISTR Flavia & Pertinax had a daughter, but I cannot find any source to confirm that. -- llywrch ( talk) 18:38, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
It says "he was assassinated..." and the bio doesn't say that he was. He = pertina x. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.135.96.134 ( talk) 19:20, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
Far too much citing of this extremely skeptical work. Even when it coincides with Dio, it's not to be trusted. HammerFilmFan ( talk) 10:27, 28 March 2023 (UTC)