Year of the Four Emperors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Year of the Four Emperors write by Kenneth Wellesley. This book was released on 2002-09-11. Year of the Four Emperors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Year of the Four Emperors
The Year of the Four Emperors - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Year of the Four Emperors write by P. A. L. Greenhalgh. This book was released on 1975. The Year of the Four Emperors available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
69 A.D.
69 A.D. - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 69 A.D. write by Gwyn Morgan. This book was released on 2007. 69 A.D. available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A striking history of ancient Rome, "69 A.D." is an original and compelling account of one of the best known but perhaps least understood periods in all Roman history.
Daughters of Rome
Daughters of Rome - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Daughters of Rome write by Kate Quinn. This book was released on 2011-04-05. Daughters of Rome available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A fast-paced historical novel about two women with the power to sway an empire, from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Diamond Eye. A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. Everything will change—especially the lives of two sisters with a very personal stake in the outcome. Elegant and ambitious, Cornelia embodies the essence of the perfect Roman wife. She lives to one day see her loyal husband as Emperor. Her sister Marcella is more aloof, content to witness history rather than make it. But when a bloody coup turns their world upside-down, both women must maneuver carefully just to stay alive. As Cornelia tries to pick up the pieces of her shattered dreams, Marcella discovers a hidden talent for influencing the most powerful men in Rome. In the end, though, there can only be one Emperor...and one Empress.
The Roman Imperial Succession
The Roman Imperial Succession - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Roman Imperial Succession write by John D. Grainger. This book was released on 2020-06-30. The Roman Imperial Succession available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An investigation of how a man could become a Roman emperor, and the failure to create an enduring, consistent system for selecting the next emperor. John D. Grainger analyses the Roman imperial succession, demonstrating that the empire organized by Augustus was fundamentally flawed in the method it used to find emperors. Augustus’s system was a mixture of heredity, senatorial, and military influences, and these were generally antagonistic. Consequently, the Empire went through a series of crises, in which the succession to a previous, usually dead, emperor was the main issue. The infamous “Year of the Four Emperors,” AD 69, is only the most famous of these crises, which often involved bouts of bloody and destructive civil war, assassinations and purges. These were followed by a period, usually relatively short, in which the victor in the “crisis” established a new system, juggling the three basic elements identified by Augustus, but which was as fragile and short lived as its predecessor; these “consequences” of each crisis are discussed. The lucid and erudite text is supported by over 22 genealogical tables and 100 images illustrating the Emperors. Praise of The Roman Imperial Succession “For a general introduction to the question of how one becomes a Roman emperor, Grainger has provided a sound guide.” —Bryn Mawr Classical Review
