Quintus Corvus Lutatius Flavius Petro accepted his nomination to become emperor but did not take to role with enthusiasm after winning the election. Petro had never known anything other than great wealth and was already one of the wealthiest men in the empire, owning many large inheritances. To be sure, becoming emperor would vastly increase his wealth and dignitas, high as they already were, but he was smart enough to know what responsbilities came with the titles and powers. His first reception by the Senate came without ceremony, after modestly professing that he did not care for such things. When he greeted legions in the new province of Taurica, he admitted to being ignorant in the ways of war and named Fabius Laevinus, the son of the late emperor, as Generalissimus (supreme commander