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The '''Year of the Five Emperors''' refers to the year ] AD, in which there were five claimants for the title of ]. The five were ], ], ], ] and ]. |
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The '''Year of the Five Emperors''' refers to the year ] AD, in which there were five claimants for the title of ]. The five were ], ], ], ] and ]. |
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The year 193 opened with the murder of ] on ], ] ] and the proclamation of the ] ] as Emperor on ], ] ]. Pertinax was ] by the ] on ] ]. Later that day, ] won an auction for the title of Emperor over ] (Pertinax's father-in-law and also the new City Prefect). Flavius Sulpicianus offered to pay each soldier 20,000 ] to buy their loyalty (eight times their annual salary; also the same amount offered by ] to secure their favours in ]). Didius Julianus however offered 25,000 to each soldier to win the auction and was proclaimed Emperor by the ] on ]. |
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The year 193 opened with the murder of ] on ], ] ] and the proclamation of the ] ] as Emperor on ], ] ]. Pertinax was ] by the ] on ] ]. Later that day, ] outmaneuvered ] (Pertinax's father-in-law and also the new City Prefect) for the title of Emperor. Flavius Sulpicianus offered to pay each soldier 20,000 ] to buy their loyalty (eight times their annual salary; also the same amount offered by ] to secure their favours in ]). Didius Julianus however offered 25,000 to each soldier to win the auction and was proclaimed Emperor by the ] on ]. |
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However, three other prominent ] challenged for the throne: ] in ], ] in ], and ] in ]. Septimius Severus marched on Rome to oust Didius Julianus and had him decapitated on ] ], then dismissed the Praetorian Guard and executed the soldiers who had killed Pertinax. Consolidating his power, Septimius Severus battled Pescennius Niger at ] and ] in 193 and then decisively defeated him at ] in 194. Clodius Albinus initially supported Septimius Severus believing that he would succeed him. When he realised that Severus had other intentions, Albinus had himself declared Emperor in 195 but was defeated by Septimius Severus at the ] on ] ]. |
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However, three other prominent ] challenged for the throne: ] in ], ] in ], and ] in ]. Septimius Severus marched on Rome to oust Didius Julianus and had him decapitated on ] ], then dismissed the Praetorian Guard and executed the soldiers who had killed Pertinax. Consolidating his power, Septimius Severus battled Pescennius Niger at ] and ] in 193 and then decisively defeated him at ] in 194. Clodius Albinus initially supported Septimius Severus believing that he would succeed him. When he realised that Severus had other intentions, Albinus had himself declared Emperor in 195 but was defeated by Septimius Severus at the ] on ] ]. |
