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Year of the Four Emperors
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Year of the Four Emperors Paperback - 2000

by Kenneth Wellesley; Introduction by Barbara Levick


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After Nero's notorious reign, the Romans surely deserved a period of peace and tranquility. Instead, during AD69, three emperors were murdered: Galba, just days into the post, Otho and Vitellius. The same year also saw civil war in Italy, two desperate battles at Cremona and the capture of Rome for Vespasian, which action saw the fourth emperor of the year, but also brought peace.
This classic work, now updated and reissued under a new title, is a gripping account of this tumultuous year. Wellesley also focuses on the year's historical importance, which also marked the watershed between the first and second imperial dynasties.

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On 1 January A.D. 69, in the eight-hundred-and-twenty-first year of the City, the emperor Servius Sulpicius Galba Caesar Augustus and Titus Vinius Rufinus entered office as consuls, the former for the second time.

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  • Title Year of the Four Emperors
  • Author Kenneth Wellesley; Introduction by Barbara Levick
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Third Edition
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, London
  • Date 2000-07-20
  • Features Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780415236201 / 0415236207
  • Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.18 x 0.65 in (23.52 x 15.70 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Italy
  • Library of Congress subjects Rome - History - Civil War, 68-69, Vespasian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00032209
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Kenneth Wellesley taught in the Department of Humanity (Latin) at the University of Edinburgh from 1949 until his retirement in 1981. A contributor to many classical periodicals, he is best known as a Tacitean scholar: he translated the Histories for the Penguin Classics series and edited both the Histories and part of the Annales for the Teubner Library. Barbara Levick was Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. Her published works include biographies of Tiberius (Routledge Pb 1999), Vespasian (Routledge 1999) and Claudius (1993), as well as a sourcebook on The Government of the Roman Empire (Routledge 2000)

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