The year of the four emperors / Kenneth Wellesley ; with a new introduction by Barbara Levick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wellesley, Kenneth.

Contributor:

Wellesley, Kenneth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Civil War, 68-69.

Rome.

Galba, Servius Sulpicius, Emperor of Rome, 3 B.C.-69 A.D.

Galba, Servius Sulpicius.

Otho, Marcus Salvius, Emperor of Rome, 32-69.

Otho, Marcus Salvius.

Vitellius, Aulus, Emperor of Rome, 15-69.

Vitellius, Aulus.

Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, 9-79.

Vespasian.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 238 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Summary:

After the death of the infamous Nero in AD 68, the Romans might have hoped that AD 69 would usher in a new era of peace and stability. It was not to be! Before January was out, the new emperor, Galba, had been brutally assassinated, and the next two successors to the imperial throne, Otho and Vitellius, were to meet equally violent ends. This period of turmoil also saw two desperate battles at Cremona, the capture of Rome for Vespasian -- fourth and final emperor of the year -- and a civil war in Italy which shook the farthest reaches of the Empire.

Kenneth Wellesley's gripping account combines an elegant and exciting narrative with sound, meticulous scholarship based on his intimate knowledge of the Histories of Tacitus. Now with a new Introduction by Barbara Levick, the book will once more be welcomed as the standard work on this turbulent period in Rome's imperial past.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: The long year A.D. 69.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index.

Related Work:

Wellesley, Kenneth. Long year A.D. 69.

ISBN:

0415232287

0415236207

OCLC:

43936865