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* First Citizen Dungeness Pertinax's character was inspired by a real Roman emperor [[Wikipedia:Pertinax|Publius Helvius Pertinax]] who ruled for three months from 1 August 126 to 28 March 193. Soldiers of the imperial [[Wikipedia:Praetorian Guard|Praetorian Guard]] rebelled against his rule when they had only recieved half of their promised pay, rushing at the gates of his palace. Emperor Pertinax sent the Praetorian prefect [[Wikipedia:Quintus Aemilius Laetus|Quintus Aemilius Laetus]] to meet them, but he decided to side with the insurgents and deserted Pertinax. When he was advised to flee, Pertinax instead stayed to try and reason with them, and was almost successful before being struck down by one of the soldiers. The rule of the real Emperor Pertinax, like Dungeness Pertinax, was tainted with claims of a far too harsh rule and keeping money away from his officials and soldiers. For instance, the Praetorian Guard had expected a generous [[Wikipedia:Donativum|donativum]], a gift of gold to soldiers, upon his ascension. |
* First Citizen Dungeness Pertinax's character was inspired by a real Roman emperor [[Wikipedia:Pertinax|Publius Helvius Pertinax]] who ruled for three months from 1 August 126 to 28 March 193. Soldiers of the imperial [[Wikipedia:Praetorian Guard|Praetorian Guard]] rebelled against his rule when they had only recieved half of their promised pay, rushing at the gates of his palace. Emperor Pertinax sent the Praetorian prefect [[Wikipedia:Quintus Aemilius Laetus|Quintus Aemilius Laetus]] to meet them, but he decided to side with the insurgents and deserted Pertinax. When he was advised to flee, Pertinax instead stayed to try and reason with them, and was almost successful before being struck down by one of the soldiers. The rule of the real Emperor Pertinax, like Dungeness Pertinax, was tainted with claims of a far too harsh rule and keeping money away from his officials and soldiers. For instance, the Praetorian Guard had expected a generous [[Wikipedia:Donativum|donativum]], a gift of gold to soldiers, upon his ascension. |
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* Pertinax's first name, ''Dungeness'', is taken from the [[Wiktionary:Dungeness crab|Dungeness crab]] or ''Metacarcinus magister'', a species of crab found in the Pacific Ocean that has sweet-tasting meat. Its name is however taken from the name of a British fishing village of the [[Wiktionary:Dungeness|same name]]. |
* Pertinax's first name, ''Dungeness'', is taken from the [[Wiktionary:Dungeness crab|Dungeness crab]] or ''Metacarcinus magister'', a species of crab found in the Pacific Ocean that has sweet-tasting meat. Its name is however taken from the name of a British fishing village of the [[Wiktionary:Dungeness|same name]]. |
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Dungeness Pertinax (pronounced /ˌdʌndʒəˈnes ˈpɜːrtɪnæks/ [DUHN-juh-NESS PER-tee-nax]) was a Cyclodorean and the former First Citizen and as such ruler of the Cyclodorean Empire. He was killed by Admiral Ames when he found the First Citizen greedily hoarding gold inside of a vault under the Senate Pavilion while his people barely had anything, and also assumed that the deaths of his squads, who had been dispatched to find and save Pertinax, had been killed by the Pertinax himself, despite voice reports from the various squad leaders indicating that their demises were faults of their own.
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- First Citizen Dungeness Pertinax's character was inspired by a real Roman emperor Publius Helvius Pertinax who ruled for three months from 1 August 126 to 28 March 193. Soldiers of the imperial Praetorian Guard rebelled against his rule when they had only recieved half of their promised pay, rushing at the gates of his palace. Emperor Pertinax sent the Praetorian prefect Quintus Aemilius Laetus to meet them, but he decided to side with the insurgents and deserted Pertinax. When he was advised to flee, Pertinax instead stayed to try and reason with them, and was almost successful before being struck down by one of the soldiers. The rule of the real Emperor Pertinax, like Dungeness Pertinax, was tainted with claims of a far too harsh rule and keeping money away from his officials and soldiers. For instance, the Praetorian Guard had expected a generous donativum, a gift of gold to soldiers, upon his ascension.
- Pertinax's first name, Dungeness, is taken from the Dungeness crab or Metacarcinus magister, a species of crab found in the Pacific Ocean that has sweet-tasting meat. Its name is however taken from the name of a British fishing village of the same name.