What is Year of the Five Emperors?
The '''Year of the Five Emperors''' refers to the year [[193]] [[Common Era|AD]], in which there were five claimants for the title of [[Roman Emperor]]. The five were '''[[Pertinax]]''', '''[[Didius Julianus]]''', '''[[Pescennius Niger]]''', '''[[Clodius Albinus]]''' and '''[[Severus]]'''. == Pertinax == {{Infobox royalty | name = Pertinax | image = Alba Iulia National Museum of the Union 2011 - Possible Statue of Roman Emperor Pertinax Close Up, Apulum.JPG | image_size = 250px | alt = White statue | caption = Possible statue of Pertinax, [[National Museum of the Union]], [[Alba-Iulia]], Romania | succession = [[Roman emperor]] | reign = 1 January 193 – 28 March 193 | predecessor = [[Commodus]] | successor = [[Didius Julianus]] | birth_date = 1 August 126 | birth_place = [[Alba, Italy|Alba Pompeia]], [[Italia (Roman Empire)|Italia]] | death_date = 28 March 193 (aged 66) | death_place = [[Rome]], Italia | burial_place = Rome | spouse = [[Flavia Titiana]] | issue = <!--list children in order of birth. Use {{plainlist}} or {{unbulleted list}} --> | issue-link = | issue-pipe = | full name = Publius Helvius Pertinax | regnal name = Imperator Caesar Publius Helvius Pertinax Augustus<ref>{{cite book |last=Cooley |year=2012 |first=Alison E. |title=The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=494|isbn=978-0-521-84026-2 |url={{googlebooks|VlghAwAAQBAJ|plainurl=y}} |authorlink=Alison E. Cooley }}</ref> | father = Helvius Successus }} The year 193 opened with the murder of [[Commodus]] on [[New Year's Eve]], 31 December 192. The [[City Prefect]] Pertinax was proclaimed Emperor on [[New Year's Day]], 1 January 193. Pertinax tried to restore discipline in the [[Praetorian Guard]], and did not pay them what they had expected. He was [[assassination|assassinated]] by the Praetorian Guard on 28 March 193. They then [[auction]]ed off the post of Emperor. == Didius == {{Infobox Roman emperor | name = Did