Year of The Four Emperors: Quotes for Key Events
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- Events in the Year of the Four Emperors
- Galba
- Tacitus
- 'i select my troops i do not buy them'
- 'it was possible for an emperor to be chosen outside of Rome'
- Suetonious
- 'he led Piso into the praetorian camp, and there....adopted him without, however, mentioning the word bounty'
- 'the most virulent hatred of him smouldered in the army..the officers had promised a large bonus...he would not honour this but announced , it is my custom to levy my troops not buy them'
- Tacitus
- Otho
- Suetonious
- 'his first plan was to occupy the Praetorian camp'
- ''Galbas adoption of Piso came as a shock to Otho, who had hoped to secure this good fortune himself. Disappointment, resentment and a massive accumulation of debts now prompted him to revolt'
- 'though his army won three lesser engagements..they were tricked into a decisive defeat near Bedriacum'
- Suetonious
- Vitellius
- Suetonious
- 'meanwhile the armies in Germany took an oath of loyalty to Vitellius'
- 'the army's dislike of Galba having now reached a stage little short of mutiny, they welcomed Vitellius with open arms as a gift from the gods'
- Tacitus
- 'the army of upper germany..went over to Vitellius'
- Suetonious
- Vespasian
- Suetonious
- 'the support of Licinius Macedonious, then commanding in Syria'
- 'almost at once, dispatches from Italy brought the news of Vitellius defeat
- 'the prefect in Egypt, thereupon made his legions take the oath of loyalty to Vespasian'
- Tacitus
- 'the first move.. took place in Alexandria, as Tiberius Alexander speedily got his legions to swear the new imperial oath'
- Suetonious
- Galba
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