CLAS202 Lecture 8: Lecture 8
23 Jan 2017
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Five good emperors: nevra, trajan, hadrian, antoninus pius, marcus aurelius. Nerva antonine dynasty was a dynasty of seven roman emperors who ruled over the roman empire from 96. These emperors are nerva, trajan, hadrian, antoninus pius, marcus aurelius, lucius verus, and. Year of the five emperors refers to the year 193 ad, in which there were five claimants for the title of roman. The five were pertinax, didius julianus, pescennius niger, clodius albinus and septimius severus. This year started a period of civil war where multiple rulers vied for the chance to become caesar. The political unrest began with the murder of commodus on new year"s eve (cid:883)9(cid:884) ad. Once commodus was assassinated, pertinax was named emperor but immediately had aroused opposition from the praetorian guard. 96 ce the praetorian guard murder domitian. Senate nominates him, quickly, as emperor to avoid a new civil war.
