The praetorian prefect Perennis is decapitated in the night on orders of Commodus for plotting a coup.

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Victim (Person) :	Sextus Tigidius Perennis Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: death
Third Party (Person) :	Commodus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: encouragement
Level :	intrasocial
Source :	Herodian, History of the Empire after Marcus Aurelius 1.9.7-8Herodian History of the Empire after Marcus Aurelius 1.9.7-8 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Roma (Rome)
Time Periode :	Roman Empire
Century :	A.D. 2
Year :	A.D. 185
Context :	conspiracy
Motivation :	following orders political
Application :	decapitating
Long-Term Consequence :	death
Original Text :	ἀγνοοῦντος δὲ ταῦτα τοῦ Περεννίου μηδέν τέ τι τοιοῦτον προσδεχομένου νύκτωρ ὁ Κόμοδος πέμψας ἀποτέμνει τὴν κεφαλὴν.
Translation :	Since Perennius had no idea of what was happening, he was caught totally unawares when Commodus sent someone by night to behead him.
Edition :	Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume I: Books 1-4. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 454. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969. Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume II: Books 5-8. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 455. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970.
Notes :	The son of Perennis is also killed while returning to Italy, described in: "One of the Sons of the praetorian prefect Perennis is killed on orders of Commodus."
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