XVI. Элий Пертинакс (царствовал 6 месяцев)

Pertinax, more than 70 years old and former prefect of Rome, is ordered by the Senate to assume imperial power. In Rome, the XIII Bishop Victor, who reigned for 10 years, receives the bishopric; Only mediocre works on subjects of faith have been preserved from him. Pertinax did not agree to the request of the Senate to name his wife Augusta and his son Caesar, saying that it was enough that Od himself reigned against his will. Pertinax is killed in the palace by the villainy of the jurist Julian, who was subsequently executed by Severus on the Milvian Bridge. We translate the chronicle of Eusebius according to Jerome’s account, starting only from the Nativity of Christ, bearing in mind theological and church-historical interest, which the previous part of the chronicle does not represent. On the same basis, we consider it possible to omit in the translation the chronological indication of the years from Abraham, according to the Olympiads and according to the years of the reign of the kings of Judah (before the destruction of Jerusalem) and limit ourselves to Christian chronology. Asterisks indicate testimony of dubious authenticity that is found in all lists of the chronicle according to the presentation of the bl. Jerome. Note Editorials. You might be interested in: