Pertinax - Article Index

Encyclopedia - 126: Encyclopedia - 126
Events First year of the Yongjian era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. Births August 1, Pertinax, Roman Emperor Deaths Domitia Longina, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegyptus Province: Encyclopedia - Aegyptus Province
Aegyptus was, in ancient geography, a province of the Roman Empire, encompassing most of modern-day Egypt except for the Sinai Peninsula....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 1: Encyclopedia - August 1
August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. August 1 - Events. 527...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Printed Circuit Board: Encyclopedia - Printed Circuit Board
A printed circuit board or PCB interconnects electronic components using conductive traces laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. Alt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clodius Albinus: Encyclopedia - Clodius Albinus
Decimus Clodius Albinus (c. 150 - February 19, 197) was a roman usurper proclaimed emperor by the legions in Britain and Spain upon the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apotheosis: Encyclopedia - Apotheosis
Apotheosis means glorification, usually to a divine level, coming from the Greek word apotheoun, "to deify." Apotheosis is most commonly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 185: Encyclopedia - 185
185 - Events. Pertinax quells the mutiny of the British Roman legions. Perennis, his family and many others are executed for conspirin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 188: Encyclopedia - 188
188 - Events. Himiko is said to have begun her reign in Japan. Pertinax becomes consul of Africa. Defeat of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 193: Encyclopedia - 193
193 - Events. January 1 - Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor. June 1 – Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated in his palace...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia - Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (August 1, 10 BC–October 13, 54), previously Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt - Ptolemaic Egypt
In 332 BC Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, conquered Egypt, with little resistance from the Persians. He was welcomed by the Egyptia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Usurper: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Usurper - All Usurpers Are Equal But Some Are More Equal Than Others
Commodus, the last member of the Antoninian dynasty and remembered by contemporaneous chronicles as an unpopular ruler notorious for his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Family And Early Life
Claudius was born Tiberius Claudius Drusus on August 1, 10 BC in Lugdunum, Gaul, on the day of the dedication of an altar to Augustus. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legio Vi Victrix: Encyclopedia Ii - Legio Vi Victrix - Vi Victrix In Britain
In 119, Hadrian relocated the legion to northern Britannia, to assist the already present legions in quelling the resistance there. Victr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Lugdunum: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Lugdunum - Background
After the death of Emperor Pertinax (193), a struggle started for the succession to the purple. The Emperor in Rome, Didius Julianus, had...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Family And Early Life
Claudius was born Tiberius Claudius Drusus on August 1, 10 BC in Lugdunum, Gaul, on the day of the dedication of an altar to Augustus. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Julio-claudian Dynasty
The Julio-Claudian dynasty was composed of the Iulii Caesares and the Claudii Nerones, two distinguished patrician families in the waning...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - Occupation And Retreat From Southern Scotland
There is no historical source describing the decades that followed Agricola's recall. Even the name of his replacement is unknown. Archae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In Africa
List of assassinated people - Algeria. Hiempsal, (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia, by Jugurtha François Darlan, (1942), French Admiral, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Printed Circuit Board: Encyclopedia Ii - Printed Circuit Board - General Characteristics
A printed circuit board consists of "etched conductors" attached to a sheet of insulator. The conductive pathways are called "traces" or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Death, Deification, And Reputation
General consensus is that Claudius was murdered by poison — possibly contained in mushrooms — on October 13th, 54. There are various ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - From Domitian To Severus
In March 193, the Imperial dignity was quite literally and quite openly auctioned off by the mutinous Praetorian Guard, with Titus Flaviu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Claudius In Fiction
The emperor Claudius was the protagonist of the books I, Claudius (1934) and Claudius the God (1935) by Robert Graves, which were both wr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Nervan-antonine Dynasty
The Nervan-Antonine dynasty was a largely artificial one, chiefly built out more of adoption than blood relations, as in the Julio-Claudi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - The Legacy
During their occupation of Britain, the Romans built an extensive network of roads, many of which are still in use today. The Romans also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - Sub-roman Britain
Britain came under increasing pressure from barbarian attack on all sides towards the end of the 4th century, and troops were too few to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Printed Circuit Board: Encyclopedia Ii - Printed Circuit Board - Manufacture And Population Of Conventional Pcbs
Holes are drilled with tiny carbide drill bits or by lasers. Because lasers produce an inferior surface finish inside the hole, their use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Year Of The Four Emperors
The year 69 is often called the "Year of the Four Emperors" because it saw four usurpers successively claim the purple. The fourth Empero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Flavian Dynasty
The Flavian dynasty was composed of the Flavii Vespasiani, a middle-class family of plebeian stock. A relatively short-lived dynasty of 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Severan Dynasty
The short-lived Severan dynasty came into the purple primarily not by vote of the Senate like the Julio-Claudii but rather by the point o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Macrinus And Diadumenianus
Macrinus came from an equestrian family; Dio Cassius writes that he was a Moor from Caesarea. Note that he did not style himself "Caesar"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Accession As Emperor
On January 24, 41, Caligula was assassinated by a broad-based conspiracy (including Praetorian commander Cassius Chaerea and several Sena...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Printed Circuit Board: Encyclopedia Ii - Printed Circuit Board - History
The inventor of the printed circuit was probably the Austrian engineer Paul Eisler (1907–1995) who, while working in England, made one ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Expansion Of The Empire
Under Claudius, the empire underwent its first major expansion since the reign of Augustus. The provinces of Thrace, Mauretania, Noricum,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Judicial And Legislative Affairs
Claudius personally judged many of the legal cases tried during his reign. Ancient historians have many complaints about this, stating th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Marriages And Personal Life
Claudius' love life was unusual for an upper-class Roman of his day. As Edward Gibbon mentions, of the first fifteen emperors, "Claudius ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Claudius' Affliction And Personality
The historian Suetonius describes the physical manifestations of Claudius' affliction in detail[1]. His knees were weak and gave way unde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Printed Circuit Board: Encyclopedia Ii - Printed Circuit Board - Design
Usually an electronics or electrical engineer designs the circuit, and a layout specialist designs the PCB. PCB design is a specialized s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Severan Dynasty Restored
The Severi, in addition to being the second dynasty d'épée, are also the first Roman dynasty to have been restored to the purple. The r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Scholarly Works And Their Impact
Claudius wrote copiously throughout his life. Arnaldo Momigliano[35] states that during the reign of Tiberius — which covers the peak o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Printed Circuit Board: Encyclopedia Ii - Printed Circuit Board - Substrates
Low-end consumer grade PCB substrates frequently are made of paper impregnated with phenolic resin, sometimes branded "Pertinax". They ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - Religion
Religion in Roman Britain consisted originally of pagan worship. A common element was the conflation of Roman gods and local Iron Age dei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Usurper: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Usurper - Practical Effects
The usurpation mania of the third century had profound effects in the bureaucratic and military organization of the Empire. Fear of poten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Death Deification And Reputation
General consensus is that Claudius was murdered by poison — possibly contained in mushrooms — on October 13, 54. There are various ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - Roman Rule Is Established
For the first twenty years, the Roman rule was oppressive, and this treatment led Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni, to revolt. The Trinovante...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Religious Reforms And Games
Claudius, as the author of a treatise on Augustus' religious reforms, felt himself in a good position to institute some of his own. He ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - The Secretariat And Centralization Of Powers
Claudius was hardly the first emperor to use freedmen to help with the day-to-day running of the empire. He was, however, forced to incre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Marriages And Personal Life
Claudius married four times. His first marriage, to Plautia Urgulanilla occured after two failed betrothals, one of which ended with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Death Deification And Reputation
General consensus is that Claudius was murdered by poison — possibly contained in mushrooms — on October 13th, 54. There are various ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Scholarly Works And Their Impact
Claudius wrote copiously throughout his life. Arnaldo Momigliano[34] states that during the reign of Tiberius — which covers the peak C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Claudius And The Senate
Because of the circumstances of his accession, Claudius took great pains to please the Senate. During regular sessions, the emperor sat a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Public Works
Claudius embarked on many public works throughout his reign, both in the capital and in the provinces. He built two aqueducts, the Aqua C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Claudius' Affliction And Personality
The historian Suetonius describes the physical manifestations of Claudius' affliction in detail[1]. His knees were weak and gave way unde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Accession As Emperor
On January 24, 41, Caligula was assassinated by a broad-based conspiracy (including praetorian commander Cassius Chaerea and several Sena...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Expansion Of The Empire
Under Claudius, the empire underwent its first major expansion since the reign of Augustus. The provinces of Thrace, Mauretania, Noricum,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Judicial And Legislative Affairs
Claudius personally judged many of the legal cases tried during his reign. Ancient historians have many complaints about this, stating th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius - Claudius In Fiction
The emperor Claudius was the protagonist of the books I, Claudius (1934) and Claudius the God (1935) by Robert Graves. The books are writ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt - Roman Egypt
In 30 BC, following the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire as the province Aegyptus, governed by a prefect selecte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - The Third Century
The death of Commodus put into motion a series of events which eventually led to civil war. Following the short reign of Pertinax, severa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - Government Of Britannia
Under the Roman Empire, administration of peaceful provinces was ultimately the remit of the Senate but those like Britain that required ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - The Fourth Century
Constantius Chlorus returned to Britain in 306, aiming to invade northern Britain. The province's defences had been rebuilt in the preced...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - Town And Country
A number of important settlements were founded by the Romans, during their occupation of Britain. Many of which still survive. Cities and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - Trade And Industry
By the time of the Roman occupation, Britain's tin exports to the Mediterranean had been largely eclipsed by the more convenient supply f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Printed Circuit Board: Encyclopedia Ii - Printed Circuit Board - Surface-mount Technology
Surface-mount technology was developed in the 1960s and became widely used in the late 1980s. Components were mechanically redesigned to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt - Persian And Arab Conquests
The Persian occupation of Egypt, beginning in 619 or 618, was one of the triumphs in the last Sasanian war against Byzantium. Khosrow II ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In The Americas
List of assassinated people - Argentina. Pedro Aramburu, (1970), former president of Argentina executed by the Montoneros Carlos Prats...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In Asia
List of assassinated people - Afghanistan. Habibullah Khan, (1919), emir of Afghanistan Mohammed Nader Shah, (1933), king of Afghanist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In Europe
List of assassinated people - Austria. Karl von Stürgkh, (1916), Prime Minister of Austria Franz Birnecker, (1923), Austrian labour r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Britain: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Britain - The End Of Roman Rule
The traditional view of historians, informed by the work of Michael Rostovtzeff, was of a widespread economic decline at this time. Howev...   » Read the article