Research Catalog

Title

AD 69 : emperors, armies & anarchy / Nic Fields.

Author

Fields, Nic.

Publication

Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2014.

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Details

Description

xxxi, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

With the death of Nero by his own hand on 9 June, AD 68, the Iulio-Claudian dynasty came to an end, and Rome was up for the taking. The following year, commonly known as the 'Year of the Four Emperors', was probably one of Rome's worst. Nero's death threw up a critical question for the Empire. How could a new man occupy the vacant throne in Rome and establish a new dynasty? This situation had never arisen before because, unlike his predecessors, Nero had done away with any eligible relatives. The result was that generals of the empire fell into a bloody power struggle to decide who had the right to wear the imperial purple.

Alternative Title

AD sixty-nine

Subject

• Galba, Servius Sulpicius, Emperor of Rome, 3 B.C.-69 A.D
• Otho, Marcus Salvius, Emperor of Rome, 32-69
• Vitellius, Aulus, Emperor of Rome, 15-69
• Vespasian, Emperor of Rome, 9-79
• 68-69
• Rome > History > Civil War, 68-69
• Rome (Empire)

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• "One year, one empire, four emperors"--Jacket.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-230) and index.

Contents

The twisted emperor -- The septuagenarian emperor -- The hundred days' emperor -- The emperor maker -- The fourth milestone -- Conflict with Civilis -- The victorious emperor -- The eternal emperors -- Winners and losers -- Appendix 1: Provinciae Imperii Romani -- Appendix 2: Principate army (Origins) -- Appendix 3: Principate army (Organization) -- Appendix 4: Principate army (Equipment) -- Appendix 5: What Roman soldiers ate -- Appendix 6: How many legions? -- Appendix 7: Key to Legionary titles -- Appendix 8: Artillery shield of IIII Macedonia -- Appendix 9: Imperial succession -- Appendix 10: The cult of Iuppiter Dolichenus -- Appendix 11: Ancient authors.

ISBN

• 9781781591888
• 1781591881

LCCN

2015301297

OCLC

• ocn882475186
• 882475186
• SCSB-9860631

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library