In AD 68, Nero’s suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, with four emperors—Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian— emerging in succession. Based on authoritative sources, The Histories vividly recounts the details of the “long but single year” of revolution that brought the Roman empire to the brink of collapse.
The Histories
Introduction
Book One
1-11 The Setting of the Story
12-50 The Murder of Galba
51-90 The Vitellian Advance
Book Two
1-10 Flavian Caution
11-45 The First Battle of Cremona
46-56 Otho's Suicide
57-73 Vitellius in Northern Italy
74-86 Vespasian Emperor
87-101 Rome Under Vitellius
Book Three
1-35 The Second Battle of Cremona
36-48 A World Convulsed
49-86 The March on Rome
Book Four
1-11 A Divided Senate
12-37 Civilis Revolts
38-53 The New Year, A.D. 70
54-80 The Rhineland Recovered
81-86 Signs and Wonders
Book Five
1-13 The Jews
14-26 The Collapse of Civilis
Bibliography
Key to Technical Terms
Key to Place-Names
Maps
index of Personal Names
“ In all the records of Rome there can scarcely be another year that is so full of calamity, or that displays so clearly the strength and weakness of the Romans.”
—Kenneth Wellesley, from his original introduction to The Histories
