The Senate chooses <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertinax" id="mwLg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pertinax">Pertinax</a> against his will to succeed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus" id="mwLw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commodus">Commodus</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_emperor" id="mwMA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roman emperor">Roman emperor</a>.<sup about="#mwt33" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Birley2012"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-Birley2012-4"}}' id="cite_ref-Birley2012_4-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_1#cite_note-Birley2012-4" id="mwMQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwMg">[4]</span></a></sup>