What was the unique title of the year Pertinax ascended?
Year of the Five Emperors
Year of the Seven Emperors
Year of the Three Kings
Year of the Four Caesars
Answer
The "Year of the Five Emperors" was a tumultuous period in Roman history in 193 AD marked by the rapid succession of five emperors. It began with the assassination of Commodus and was characterized by political instability, civil wars, and power struggles among rival claimants to the throne.
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