PERTINAX

(Publius Helvius Pertinax)pûrˈtĭnăks, 126–193, Roman emperor (193), b. Liguria. Formerly a general, he reluctantly succeeded Commodus on the throne. Attempting to curb license in the Praetorian Guard, he was slain by a soldier, thus ending his brief reign of three months. Didius Julianus succeeded him.

____________________

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.

-37090-

Top...
Search the Library
Books
Journals
Magazines
Newspapers
Encyclopedia
Advanced Search
About Questia
Questia is the world's largest online academic library offering full-text books, journals, and articles on thousands of topics.

Join Now...
Questia Books and Articles on: Pertinax
We found: 500 results
By media type:
 

Books:

 

481  

 

Journal articles:

 

2  

 

Magazine articles:

 

4  

 

Newspaper articles:

 

8  

 

Encyclopedia articles:

 

5  
 

books on: Pertinax  - 481 results

       More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
Septimius Severus: The African Emperor
Book by Anthony R. Birley; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Lucius Septimius Severus, 193-211, Severus, Lucius Septimius--Emperor Of Rome--146-211
...5-8 Coins of Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Niger and Albinus...disillusioned grammaticus, Helvius Pertinax. 12 Then came Pontianus marriage...that he became acquainted with Helvius Pertinax who served in two posts there in the...
2.
The Roman Empire at Bay: AD 180-395
Book by David S. Potter; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Power (Social Sciences)--Rome, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
3.
The Man of the World (1792)
Book by Charles Macklin; William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1951
Subjects: Fiction
...with the author in the part of Sir Pertinax Macsycophant. Himself irascible and...Macklin resisted the pressure to allow Sir Pertinax to soften in the end and terminate the...thus preserving the toughness of Sir Pertinax consistently to the end, Macklin remained...
4.
The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine
Book by Pat Southern; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: Rome--History--Constantine I, The Great, 306-337, Rome--History--Diocletian, 284-305, Rome--History--Period Of Military Anarchy, 235-284, Rome--History--Severans, 193-235
...2 Coin of Pertinax 27...governor of all of Asia. Publius Helvius Pertinax was the son of an exslave; after a varied...IV Scythicae in Syria, with Helvius Pertinax as governor. From 186-9 he governed Gallia...
5.
Puck of Pook's Hill
Book by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Rackham; Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906
Subjects: Fiction
More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

journal articles on: Pertinax  - 2 results

 
 
1.
Thomas Drant's Rewriting of Horace
Journal article by Neel Mukherjee; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 40, 2000
Subjects: Drant, Thomas--Criticism, interpretation, etc., European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Horace--Translations and translating, Religious poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...of the poem is a dialogue between two papists, Pertinax and Commodus. Pertinax has left the catholic population at Louvain and...III Before moving on to the dialogue between Pertinax and Commodus in the fifth satire, "wholye altered...
2.
The Machiavellian Chiron: Appearance and Reality in 'The Prince.'
Journal article by James A. Arieti; CLIO, Vol. 24, 1995
Subjects: Machiavelli, Niccolo--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Politics and literature--Analysis, Renaissance--Literature, The Prince (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...army and people in control. The good Pertinax, who reigned after Commodus for only...one of the conspirators in the death of Pertinax. So it is not entirely true, as Machiavelli...to live with the honorable discipline Pertinax wanted to impose. But what kind of lesson...


Top...
 

magazine articles on: Pertinax  - 4 results

 
 
1.
The Other Kiss
Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 271, September 4, 2000
Subjects: Bush, George W.--Political activity, Command of troops--Political aspects, Defense spending--Political aspects, Gore, Albert, Jr.--Political activity, United States--Political aspects
...beside his prospective ecstasies with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In AD 193 the Roman Praetorian Guard murdered the Emperor Pertinax and proceeded to auction off the imperial throne to the highest bidder. Until this year the most strenuous emulation of this...
2.
Rome's Dark Night of Tyranny: When the Republic Fell, Rome Entered the Dark Decline of Empire. Only after Centuries of Misery under Predominantly Tyrannical Emperors Did Rome Finally Meet Its End
Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 21, February 7, 2005
Subjects: Roman culture--Analysis, Roman culture--History
...usually by violence. For each tolerable ruler--a Diocletian, Pertinax, Constantine, or Julian--there were a dozen monsters, such...wounds during the retreat from Ctesiphon, the Persian capital. Pertinax, who followed Commodus, seems to have been a genuinely virtuous...
3.
Gladiator and the Myths of Rome: T.P. Wiseman Looks at the Development of the Myth of Ancient Rome, Derived from the Way Its History Has Been Seen
Magazine article by T.P. Wiseman; History Today, Vol. 55, April 2005
Subjects: Gladiator (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--History, Rome, Italy--History, Rome, Italy--Myths and legends
...back. What really happened in AD 193 was that Commodus was assassinated in a palace plot, and his successor, a senator called Pertinax, was murdered by the Praetorian Guard who then put the empire up for auction to the highest bidder. That makes a great story...
4.
The National Strikes Gold: Nicholas Hytner Brings Ben Jonson's London Bang Up to Date in a Fine Staging
Magazine article by Rosie Millard; New Statesman, Vol. 135, September 25, 2006
Subjects: The Alchemist (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...learn how to quarrel, and is given a masterclass in African-American trash talk; and most of all, Tim McMullan, who plays Sir Pertinax Surly, who is the only person to see through the scam, and yet who is ultimately trounced. Yet The Alchemist is not a grim...


Top...
 

newspaper articles on: Pertinax  - 8 results

       More newspaper Results: 1-8 >>  
 
1.
The Darning Needle and I Just Love My Old Clothes
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 26, 2008
...Old Clothes. Byline: BRIAN SEWELL ."YOU," said my friend Pertinax, visiting the sick, "have much in common with Chairman Mao...beautiful children" (I was seven at the time). At my demur, Pertinax pointed to the needle in my fingers: "Thats exactly what Mao...
2.
Blood, Feathers and a Car Called Festival
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 9, 2006
Subjects: Festivals
...Not much use but, as an art student, Pertinax is not the sort of boy who can distinguish...only that the young are not observant: Pertinax opined that the Festival was red or perhaps...Humphrey Lyttelton, but I trust young Pertinax not to have pulled my leg. If anyone...
3.
Throw a Gorilla's Birthday Party? It's a Piece of Cake; (1) Many Ape-Y Returns: Kivu Prepares to Tuck in to His Special Treat (2) Your Caring, Sharing Kivu: The Kindly Birthday Boy Makes Sure Craig and Lee Enjoy Generous Slices (3) Cakewalk: Kivu and Kiondo Cling to Craig Gilchrist (4) Make a Wish, Now: The Five 'Candles' Were Made from Carrots (5) Crumbs, That Was Nice: A Thank-You Kiss for Lee Haley
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 6, 2007
...oldest gorilla, the massivesilverback Pertinax. There were concerns that they would...tolerant ofthe youngsters. Mr Gilchrist said Pertinaxs laidback behaviour had helped the two...Western gorillas was set up in April 1997.Pertinax, one of the original members, is now...
4.
PICK OF THE BOX; Cathy's Trouble and Strife
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 20, 2000
...young gorillas have bonded, so now its time to introduce the silverback Pertinax back into the group. Keeper Craig Gilchrist is concerned about what might happen when Pertinax reasserts his authority over the four boys. Mambe is proving the main...
5.
Horse Racing: POINT TO POINT; Horsebox
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), April 5, 2008
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing
...give Quinta de Lobo another chance after he unseated last time out at Hutton Rudby. Others for the shortlist are Go Moss Go, Pertinax and The Husseys Duke. The former Mick Easterby-trained hurdler Network Oscar should take the Intermediate race. There are question...
More newspaper Results: 1-8 >>

Top...
 

encyclopedia articles on: Pertinax  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Pertinax
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PERTINAX (Publius Helvius Pertinax)pur tinaks, 126 193, Roman emperor (193), b. Liguria. Formerly a general, he reluctantly succeeded Commodus on the throne. Attempting to curb license in the Praetorian Guard, he was slain by a soldier, thus...
2.
Didius Julianus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DIDIUS JULIANUS (Marcus Didius Salvius Julianus)di de s joolea n s, d. 193, Roman emperor (193). He was consul under Pertinax , on whose death the Praetorian Guard received bids for the position of emperor. Didius bid highest and became emperor. Two...
3.
Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus), Roman Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...193 211), b. Africa. He was campaigning in Pannonia and Illyria when the emperor Commodus was murdered. His successor, Pertinax , lasted three months before he too was assassinated. The Pretorian guards arranged the succession of the weak Didius Julianus...
4.
Commodus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...himself. Many plots to assassinate him failed, but eventually, on the order of his advisers, he was strangled by a wrestler. Pertinax succeeded him. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
5.
Rulers of the Roman Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Lucius Verus, adopted by Antoninus Pius; ruled jointly Marcus Aurelius, 161 69 Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius, 180 92 Pertinax, proclaimed emperor by the Praetorian Guard, 193 Didius Julianus, bought office from the Praetorian Guard, 193 Severus...


Top...
 About Questia   ::   Privacy   ::   Contact