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Mutineering legionaries almost kill Pertinax, leaving him among the dead.

Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Roman Army of Commodus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Publius Helvius Pertinax Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: injury
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    Level :intrasocial
    Source :Historia Augusta: Pertinax 3.8-9 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 2
     
    Context :mutiny
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Long-Term Consequence :revenge
     
    Original Text :et seditiones quidem contra se ipse​ compescuit in Britannia,​ verum ingens periculum adiit seditione legionis paene occisus, certe inter occisos relictus. quam quidem rem idem Pertinax acerrime vindicavit.
     
    Translation :And certainly he did suppress a mutiny against himself in Britain, but in so doing he came into great danger; for in a mutiny of a legion he was almost killed, and indeed was left among the slain. This mutiny Pertinax punished very severely.
     
    Edition :Historia Augusta, Volume I: Hadrian. Aelius. Antoninus Pius. Marcus Aurelius. L. Verus. Avidius Cassius. Commodus. Pertinax. Didius Julianus. Septimius Severus. Pescennius Niger. Clodius Albinus. Translated by David Magie. Loeb Classical Library 139. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.
     
     
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    Created at :2021-04-26 : 09:20:41
    Last changed :2021-05-13 : 11:34:15
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00009255
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