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    Flavian Dynasty

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    Flavian Dynasty

     

    As Galba struggled to secure order and support in the west, the governors in the east, including Vespasian, at first offered loyalty to the successive Neronian replacements, but soon began to formulate their own imperial dreams. As Galba fell to Otho, and then Otho to Vitellius, over a period of little more than a year, it became readily apparent that there was a unique opportunity for an enterprising and ambitious politician/general...

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    Vespasian

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    Vespasian
     
    Born in AD 9, near the end of the reign of Augustus, Titus Flavius Vespasianus was raised an equestrian in the turbulent political environment of Tiberius? reign. Perhaps his youthful exposure to the Senatorial purgings of both Sejanus and Tiberius would help make Vespasian into the great stabilizer that he would become....
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    Year of the Four Emperors

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    Year of the Four Emperors
     
    The end of Nero?s reign, resulting from his extravagances and paranoid arrests, differed from the violent end of Caligula?s reign in that there was no method of succession in place. While Claudius was certainly an unwanted choice by the Senate to replace Caligula, he did fill the role in a seamless transition that actually turned into a moderately successful reign...
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    Battle That Stopped Rome

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    Book Reviewed by Forum member Virgil61
    In the "Battle that Stopped Rome" Professor Peter Wells brings to light discoveries in the recent find of one of the most famous and influential battles of the ancient world known as the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. This should be a welcome work, the battlefield is the most complete one of its kind ever found, located in a semi-rural area of Germany and undisturbed for two thousand years. Unfortunately rather than stating the discoveries and giving a view to all possible theories, which would have made this a seminal work, Wells misses this opportunity by embarking on an opinionated interpretation of the event. Judicious and balanced this work is not. Perhaps this is possibly explained by his area of concentration in anthropology; his writings are almost exclusively dedicated to the northern barbarians of antiquity. In spite of their victory, Wells seems somewhat defensive of the German tribes in his portrayal of the battle....
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    ABC Empire Mini-Series

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    A new 'epic' mini-series premiered Tuesday June 28, 2005 on ABC Television in the US. Amid speculation of huge budget overruns and potential scrapping of the project... the series, along with 'Rome' due for a fall release on HBO/BBC, has created a stir among Romanophiles everywhere.
     
    While historically, there are elements which stray from accuracy, the theme and atmosphere are wonderfully recreated. Production quality, costuming and the cast (despite Octavian's character seemingly lacking the qualities that made him into the eventual Augustus) are all top notch and Empire is definately worth a look.
     
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    The Truceless War

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    Truceless War
     
    Article submitted by community member 'Hamilcar Barca'
     
    The bloody conflict known as The Truceless War 241BC-237BC, fought between Carthage and it's mercenary armies following the first Punic War is one of the lesser known conflicts fought in the ancient world, mainly on behalf of the fact that all Carthaginian accounts were likely destroyed along with the city in 146BC. However, Polybius' account of the war did survive and I have used it as my primary source in summarising this conflict and its key battles for anyone who is interested...
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    Fall of the Julio-Claudians

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    Fall of the Julio-Claudians
     
    Towards the end of Nero?s tumultuous reign (AD 65 ? 68) things continued to spiral out of control. His excesses in Greece, performing as a singer and as an athlete in the Olympic games, were an embarrassment to Roman sensibilities, but Nero persisted, seemingly oblivious. He was not, however, completely detached from the government of the state, but daily governance was left to his entourage leaving his freedman Helius in charge at Rome....
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    Nero and the Christians

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    Nero and the Christians
     
    During and after the revolt of Boudicca, Nero continued with his own extravagance in Rome and surrounding cities. Eventually performing on stage as both singer and actor, he indulged his artistic personality while earning the scorn and disrespect of elite society....
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    Defeat of Boudicca

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    Defeat of Boudicca
     
    After leaving the towns of Londinium and Verulamium unchallenged to Boudicca?s rebel army, Suetonius prepared his terribly outmanned force in the forest of the midlands. (Ancient sources give estimates as greatly divergent as 200,000 to 10,000, but this is most assuredly wild propaganda on the part of Tacitus and Dio Cassius.) However, the Romans had the advantage of their classic discipline, and tactical use of geography....
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    Rise of Scipio and the Fall of New Carthage
     
    Article contribution by forum member 'Scanderbeg'
     
    After the disaster that had struck the Romans, under the command of the Scipio's, in 211 in Spain the remaining Roman armies had dispersed north of the Ebro. Under the command of Lucius Marcius, the self-appointed "propreator", the Carthagenians suffered minor defeats. But lacking in men and supplies he was no longer a threat to them and they set their attentions to the rebel areas of Spain where opposition to Carthaginian control had been pretty deep. The senate, offended by this "self entitlement" by Marcius, had recalled him and replaced him with Nero (victor at Metaurus). After some short and minor victories in Spain, Nero was called back to carry on the war in Italy and was replaced by the younger Scipio...
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