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‘I’ll See Your Four Emperors and Raise You Five’ – A Treatise on 69AD – The Year of At Least Four Emperors

Since Augustus Caesar took control of the Roman Republic and rebranded it as the Roman Empire in 27BC until Nero decided to stop fiddling and instead fall on his bow in 68AD, the Julio-Claudian dynasty had been in charge. Summo canibus. Which is of course Latin for ‘top dogs’ and Geordie for ‘an excellent coachContinue reading “‘I’ll See Your Four Emperors and Raise You Five’ – A Treatise on 69AD – The Year of At Least Four Emperors”