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For some bonus trivia, Pertinax was the son of a freed slave, and rose through the ranks of the military (starting as an officer, not an enlisted man), entered politics, had a reputation for high moral standards and conduct, and almost talked the Praetorians out of killing him just by appealing to their sense of duty and morality.
SIT TIBI TERRA LEVIS, IMPERATOR! You deserved better!
Fuck the praetorians :(
At least Septimius Severus was a decent emperor IIRC.