Editing Pertinax (section)

==Aftermath==
[[File:Tetradrachm Pertinax Caesar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Coin of Pertinax's son with the legend: "KAI[C]AP [ΠΕΡΤΙΝΑΞ]" (''[[caesar (title)|Caesar]] Pertinax'')]]
After Pertinax's death, the Praetorians auctioned off the imperial title; the winner was the wealthy senator [[Didius Julianus]], whose reign would end mere weeks later with his assassination on 1 June 193.<ref>{{cite book|author1= Glay, Marcel le |author2= Voisin, Jean-Louis |author3= Bohec, Yann le |title= A History of Rome |edition= Third |translator= Nevill, Antonia |publisher= Blackwell Publishing |location= Oxford, UK |year= 2001 |isbn= 1-4051-1083-X |pages= 369–372}}</ref> Julianus was succeeded by [[Septimius Severus]].<ref>Dio, 74:17:4</ref> After he entered Rome, Septimius recognized Pertinax as a legitimate emperor, executed the soldiers who had killed him, and not only pressured the Senate to [[deification|deify]] him and provide him a [[state funeral]],<ref>Historia Augusta, ''Pertinax'', 15:1</ref> but also adopted his ''[[cognomen]]'' of "Pertinax" as part of his own name.<ref>Historia Augusta, ''Pertinax'', 15:2</ref> For some time, he held games on the anniversary of Pertinax's accession and on his birthday.<ref>Historia Augusta, ''Pertinax'', 15:5</ref>