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Pertinax : the son of a slave who became a Roman emperor by Elliott, Simon is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
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The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the very top through hard work, grit and determination. Born in AD 126, he made a late career change from working as a grammar teacher to a position in the army. As he moved up the ranks and further along the aristocratic cursus honorum, he took on many of the most important postings in the Empire, from senior military roles in fractious Britain, the Marcomannic Wars on the
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- Author
- Elliott, Simon
- Publisher
- Greenhill Books
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781784385286
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, Biography, Biography & Autobiography
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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