Sep 8, 2024
Vitellius started his march towards Galba / Otho about 8 weeks after he sent Valens and Caecina. Along the way, he got news that he was the new Emperor. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing – governors were murdered, barbarians were revolting, traitors were...
Aug 25, 2024
ChatGPT gives us Shakespeare’s version of Otho’s last speech, while the news of his demise makes its way to Rome and everyone yawns and swears an oath of loyalty to the third guy to be declared emperor since the death of Nero less than a year earlier. If...
