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| Assassination Commodus |  |
| Assassinated in a plot involving Pertinax the next Emperor |
| Assassination Lucius Commodus | |
| Assassinated at the instigation of his mistress |
| Assassinated & succeeded by the senior Imperial Marshal, Pertinax |
| Rome Assassinated at the instigation of his mistress |
| Rome Assassinated & succeeded by the senior Imperial Marshal, Pertinax |
| Assassination Pertinax | |
| Mar Rome Assassinated by the Pretorian Guard after ruling for 3 months |
| Mar Rome Septimus , Albinus & Pescennus Niger emerge as rival successors |
| Assassination Pompeianus, Tiberius Claudius | |
| Emperor Commodus is assassinated, Pompeianus is offerred the throne but refuses |
| Coup d'Etat Pertinax | |
| 28th Mar Septimus , Albinus & Pescennus Niger emerge as rival successors |
| Death Commodus | |
| Death of Commodus , assassinated |
| Rome Death of Commodus , assassinated |
| Death Lucius Commodus | |
| Death of Lucius Commodus , assassinated |
| Rome Death of Lucius Commodus , assassinated |
| Death Pertinax | |
| Mar Assassinated by the Pretorian Guard after ruling for 3 months |
| Death Pompeianus, Tiberius Claudius | |
| Emperor Commodus is assassinated, Pompeianus is offerred the throne but refuses |
| Rome Emperor Commodus is assassinated, Pompeianus is offerred the throne but refuses |
| Rebellion Julianus | |
| 28th Mar The praetorian guards auctionoff the imperial position, which Senator Didius Julianus wins and becomes the new Emperor, an act which triggers off a brief civil war over the succession, won by Septimius Severus |
| Rebellion Pertinax | |
| 28th Mar Killed during a rebellion of the Pretorian Guard |
| 28th Mar The praetorian guards auctionoff the imperial position, which Senator Didius Julianus wins and becomes the new Emperor, an act which triggers off a brief civil war over the succession, won by Septimius Severus |
| 28th Mar Three hundred soldiers rush the gates, they may have received only half their promised pay, the guards on duty & the palace officials choose not to resist them |
| Reform Pertinax | |
| Reorganizes the state finances |
| Rome Reorganizes the state finances |
| Succession Julianus | |
| Makes a bid of 6250 drachmas to each member of the Pretorian Guard for the succession |
| Succeeds as Emperor of Rome |
| Rome Succeeds as Emperor of Rome |
| Succession Pertinax | |
| Jan Succeeds as Emperor of Rome |
| Jan Rome Succeeds as Emperor of Rome |
