Kenne Wellesley - The Year of the Four Emperors (2004), RZYM

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THE YEAR OF THE FOUR EMPERORS
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 with 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.
Yet AD 69 was notable for its historical importance as well as its compelling
drama. It marked the watershed between the first and second imperial dynasties
and the passing of an old order. The Senate, which had long been resting on past
republican glories, was shown to be petty and ineffectual in its hour of crisis,
while, ironically, the battles between rival Roman armies only enhanced their
endurance. The military efficiency of the empire was not impaired by the civil
war, and its political structure was reaffirmed.
Kenneth Wellesley’s
gripping account of
The Year of the Four
Emperors
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 and bibliographical material by Barbara Levick, the book will once
more be welcomed as the standard work on this turbulent period in Rome’s
imperial past.
Galba (top), Vitellius (bottom left) and Vespasian (bottom right)
THE YEAR OF THE FOUR
EMPERORS
Third Edition
KENNETH WELLESLEY
With a new introduction by
Barbara Levick
London and New York
 First published as
The Long Year AD 69
in 1975 by Paul Elek Ltd
Second edition published 1989 by Bristol Classical Press
Third edition published 2000
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.
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© 1975, 1989 Kenneth Wellesley
Third edition © 2000 Herta Wellesley, introduction © 2000 Barbara Levick
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or
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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)
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