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Year of depiction Four Emperors
Not to reproduction confused meet Tetrarchy, Twelvemonth of picture Five Emperors, or Assemblage of depiction Six Emperors.
Battles for cluster to must the Papistic Empire (AD 69)
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!
No, that’s not right…
The Ambitious Four?
Still not there…
The Four Unfortunates?
Hmmm, Vespasian did win out in the end…
The Four Candidates?
It is hard to put a title to these four gentlemen coming up next. History tags their period “The Year of the Four Emperors.” Only one of them made it past the goal post, and even then, it was something of a close call. Even then, while history acknowledges just these four, there were several others who made claims on the throne. Among the most notable were Gaius Julius Vindex, a governor from Gallia, and Nymphidius Sabinus, a Praetorian Prefect who claimed Caligula was his father. These early pretenders made their move before Nero was dead, so maybe the reason they are not numbered among the Four?
One thing that was common to all four was this; all had been raised to incredibly high office by former emperors. It was the curse of success and progress.
You see, a success venture – be it legit business, politics, government, and even running a cocaine operation – needs clever and ambitious fellows to keep developments active. The death of any venture is the lack of innovation, drive, and upward mobility. The Romans of the Republic knew this and knew to make arrangements for the
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Vespasian
Roman emperor from AD 69 to 79
For others with the given name or surname, see Vespasian (name).
Vespasian (; Latin: Vespasianus[wɛspasiˈaːnʊs]; 17 November AD 9 – 23 June 79) was Roman emperor from 69 to 79. The last emperor to reign in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Empire for 27 years. His fiscal reforms and consolidation of the empire brought political stability and a vast building program.
Vespasian was the first emperor from an equestrian family who rose only later in his lifetime into the senatorial rank as the first of his family to do so. Vespasian's renown came from his military success;[6] he was legate of Legio II Augusta during the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 and subjugated Judaea during the Jewish rebellion of 66.[7]
While Vespasian was fighting against a Jewish rebellion, emperor Nero committed suicide and plunged Rome into a year of civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors. After Galba and Otho perished in quick succession, Vitellius became emperor in April 69. The Roman legions of Roman Egypt and Judaea reacted by declaring Vespasian, their commander, the emperor on 1 July 69.[8]
In his bid for imperial power, Vespasian joined forces with Muc