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Wellesley K. The Year of the Four Emperors
London - New York: Routledge, 2000. – 267 p. – (Roman Imperial Biographies). ISBN 0-203-46899-6 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-77723-9 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-410-23228-7 (hbk) ISBN 0-415-232620-7 (pbk)
«.unfolds with masterly skill the tale of the conflict and intrigue of this critical time of transition from the Julio-Claudians to the Flavian Emperors.The excellent and compelling narrative is enriched by a wealth of background.» – Times Educational Supplement on the previous edition. 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 acount 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.
CONTENTS Figures Plates Preface Sources Place-Name Equivalents in Latin and the Vernacular Languages Introduction Prospect and Retrospect The Five Days’ Caesar Caecina and Valens Otho’s Reaction The First Battle of Cremona Vitellius’ March to Rome Flavian Hopes The Second Battle of Cremona Antonius Moves South Rhine and Nile The Battle of Rome The Last Ten Days Abbreviations and Notes Index
