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Episode LXXXII - Pertinax
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Many saw Pertinax as a safe pair of hands to hold the empire - an old general and close advisor of Antoninus Pius, he represented a regime change from the days of lavish excess of Commodus. But was it too much too soon? Well they don't call 193CE the year of the five emperors for nothing.
Guest: Dr Caillan Davenport (Roman History, Macquarie University).
246 episodes
Manage episode 201873679 series 2149383
Many saw Pertinax as a safe pair of hands to hold the empire - an old general and close advisor of Antoninus Pius, he represented a regime change from the days of lavish excess of Commodus. But was it too much too soon? Well they don't call 193CE the year of the five emperors for nothing.
Guest: Dr Caillan Davenport (Roman History, Macquarie University).
246 episodes
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