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69 AD: The Year of Four Emperors
Gwyn Morgan
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Description for 69 AD: The Year of Four Emperors
Paperback. The Year of Four Emperors was one of the most chaotic, violent and frightening periods in all Roman history. It was a time of assassinations and civil wars. Offering a look at 69AD, this book features a narrative history with portraits of the leading participants and insights into the nature of the Roman military Morgan. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
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 who seized power only to lose it, one after another. In 69 AD, Gwyn Morgan offers a fresh look at this period, based on two considerations to which insufficient attention has been paid in the past. First, that we need to unravel rather than cherry-pick ... Read more
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 who seized power only to lose it, one after another. In 69 AD, Gwyn Morgan offers a fresh look at this period, based on two considerations to which insufficient attention has been paid in the past. First, that we need to unravel rather than cherry-pick ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195315899
SKU
V9780195315899
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About Gwyn Morgan
Gwyn Morgan is Professor of Classics and History at the University of Texas at Austin.
Reviews for 69 AD: The Year of Four Emperors
Morgan's book is a fresh and accessible look at a period that has been discussed, with sometimes horrible fascination, since antiquity itself.
Martin Empson, Times Literary Supplement
This is a magisterial performance. Given the solid scholarship that underlies the performance - and Morgan's articles are models of their kind - one realizes that the presentation is meant to ... Read more
Martin Empson, Times Literary Supplement
This is a magisterial performance. Given the solid scholarship that underlies the performance - and Morgan's articles are models of their kind - one realizes that the presentation is meant to ... Read more