Ancient Warfare | XV.2
The Batavian Revolt: The demise of Nero in AD 68 had set the stage for four claimants – Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian – to make their bid for the purple. This period, characterized by Tacitus (Histories I.2) as “rich in disasters, terrible with battles, torn by civil struggles and horrible even in peace”, also saw longstanding allies turn against Rome, provinces break away to germinate a Gallic empire, and Rome’s own legions murder their leaders and defect to the enemy. Order was finally restored by a general campaigning with the largest number of legions under one commander in Roman history.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Ancient Warfare XV.2.