69 A.D : the year of four emperors /
"The year of four emperors, so the ancient sources assure us, was one of the most chaotic, violent, and frightening periods in all Roman history: a time of assassinations and civil wars, of armies so out of control that they had no qualms about occupying the city of Rome, and of ambitious men w...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The fall of Nero and the Julio-Claudian house
- 2. The reign of Galba (June 68 to January 69)
- 3. Adoption and assassination (January 69)
- 4. The opening of the Vitellian offensive (January and February)
- 5. Otho prepares for war (January and February)
- 6. The war between Otho and Vitellius (March and April)
- 7. The reign of Vitellius (April to September 69)
- 8. The beginning of the end : Vespasian through August 69
- 9. The opening of the Flavian offensive (August to October)
- 10. End game (November and December).