Guarding the Caesars : Roman internal security under the Flavian dynasty / Rose Mary Sheldon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheldon, Rose Mary, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internal security--Rome--History.

Internal security.

Political violence--Rome--History.

Political violence.

Rome--History--Flavians, 69-96.

Rome.

Emperors--Death.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 413 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]

Summary:

"This book is the story of the survival of the Flavian emperors in Rome, a place where seventy-five percent of all emperors died of assassination. It explores the methods used by the emperor Vespasian to establish a new dynasty out of the chaos of civil war, to maintain his power, and to pass along the dynasty to his two sons, Titus and Domitian"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : guarding the Caesars

The year of the four emperors

Otho and Vitellius

Vespasian

Threats to the new regime and the death of Vespasian

Titus

And then there was the problem of Domitian . . .

Domitian

Domitian in the empire

The murder of Domitian

Nerva and the coup

Guarding the Caesars.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Sheldon, Rose Mary, 1948- Guarding the Caesars

ISBN:

9781538181133

1538181134

9781538181140

1538181142

OCLC:

1366079043

Publisher Number:

99994649090