69 A. D. The Year of Four Emperors

Name: 69 A. D. The Year of Four Emperors
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ISBN: 9780195315899

ISBN-10: 0195315898

ISBN-13: 9780195315899

Edition: 2007

Authors: Gwyn Morgan

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The Year of Four Emperors, so the ancient sources assure us, was one of the most chaotic, violent, and frightening periods in all Roman history. It was a time of assassinations and civil war, of armies so out of control that they had no qualms about occupying the city of Rome, and of ambitious men who ruthlessly seized power only to have it wrenched from their grasps. In 69 AD, Gwyn Morgan offers a fresh look at this period, based on two considerations to which insufficient attention has been paid in the past. First, that we need to unravel rather than cherry-pick between the conflicting accounts of Tacitus, Plutarch and Suetonius, our three main sources of information. And second, that the…

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List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 9.24" wide x 6.16" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



List of Maps


Introduction



The Fall of Nero and the Julio-Claudian House



The Reign of Galba (June 68 to January 69)



Adoption and Assassination (January 69)



The Opening of the Vitellian Offensive (January and February)



Otho Prepares for War (January and February)



The War between Otho and Vitellius (March and April)



The Reign of Vitellius (April to September 69)



The Beginning of the End: Vespasian through August 69



The Opening of the Flavian Offensive (August to October)



End Game (November and December)


Conclusion


Appendices



The Principal Sources for 68/69



Characterizations of Galba and Otho



Checklist of the Legions Operational in 68/69


Notes


Index