History of the Romans Under the Empire, Vol. 7 of 8 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book History of the Romans Under the Empire, Vol. 7 of 8 (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Merivale and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Romans Under the Empire, Vol. 7 of 8 The senate accepts Galba as emperor - His vigour and se verity - State of the provinces and the legions - Galba adopts Piso as his colleague, and submits his choice first to the soldiers and afterwards to the senate - Punishment of Nero's favourites - Otho intrigues for the empire, and is carried by the soldiers into the praetorian camp and pro claimed emperor - Galba goes forth to meet the mutmeers, and is assassinated, together with Piso - His character as an emperor - Otho succeeds, and is threatened with the rivalry of Vitellius - Revolt of the legions of Gaul - Vitcl lius, proclaimed emperor, advances towards Italy - Uneasy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.