Civil War and Rebellion in the Roman Empire 69-70 a Companion to the Histories of Tacitus (Classic Reprint)

From the days of the elder Pliny to the present there have been many who have written concerning the history of the Civil Wars of a.d. 69 and 70. Of the writers whose works are extant, Tacitus stands easily first. Without his Histories we should indeed have but an inferior story of the struggle between the Emperors Otho and Vitellius, and a still poorer story of that between Vitellius and Vespasian. And yet always from the very first the strategic and military aspect of the three campaigns narrated by Tacitus has been neglected. To write the history of those campaigns by the aid of, and as illustrative of, modern strategical principles is the main purpose of this book. Two recent writers, it is true, have to some extent recognised the interest and value of such a treatment of Tacitus story. Gerstenecker in 1882 contributed some suggestions on the military history of the war between Otho and Vitellius. These, Der JC rieg des Otho und Vitellius in I tc Uien im J, 6g von Joh. Gerstenecker. Programm des Koniglichen Maximilums-G ymnasiums fiir das Schuljahr 1881-82, 8vo, Miinchen, 1882, pp. 81.
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