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The Year of the Five Emperors Posted by on Aug 7, 2010

History has shown that anytime you have more than one emperor reigning in succession in one year, that year marks a time of instability in Rome. Believe it or not there was once a time in history called a Year of the Five Emperors. Publius Helvius Pertinax –was emperor for only 86 days. Pertinax’s bodyguards…

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