Tag: Year of the Four Emperors

April 10, 2014 / The Partial Historians

Episode 25 – The Year of the Four Emperors – Part the Second

The year 69 CE continues apace, and Doctors R and G peer through the mists of time to focus on the shifts in power and machinations postulated in the source material. Herein the short reigns of Otho and Vitellius.

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March 29, 2014 / The Partial Historians

Episode 24 – The Year of the Four Emperors – Part the First

When the Julio-Claudian dynasty falls, what happens next? Prepare yourself for chaos, as the infamous Year of the Four Emperors is here. In this episode we turn our gaze on two of the early contenders for the rule of Rome: Galba and Otho.

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