# Pertinax — The Prince character guide

> Pertinax in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pertinax

**First appearance:** 0025-xix-that-one-should-avoid-being-despised-and-hated

## Who they are

Roman emperor who tried to reform the Praetorian Guard and was murdered.

## In the story

### [XIX: That One Should Avoid Being Despised and Hated](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/xix-that-one-should-avoid-being-despised-and-hated)

Emperor overthrown because soldiers hated his honest reforms and despised his old age.

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