Rok Czterech Cesarzy - Galba, Othon, Witeliusz, Wespazjan | 69 n.e.

The death of Nero, widely believed to have been destroyed more by rumors and slander than by lost battles, was initially greeted with joy not only by the elites but also by the common folk. As always in such circumstances, people expected some miraculous change, a new beginning. The problem was that, just as after the earlier assassination of Gaius Caligula in 41 AD, they were still unsure what to do next. Support me at: https://patronite.pl/mrocznewieki https://buycoffee.to/mrocznewieki Mczne Wieki is a historical podcast hosted by Michał Kuźniar, based entirely on publications (both scholarly and popular), source texts, and his own conclusions. Cover: "Vitellius traîné dans les rues de Rome par la populace" by Georges Rochegrosse Sources: Dio Cassius Coccejanus, Roman History, Books 63 & 64, translated by E. Cary, Loeb Classical Library Plutarch, The Life of Galba, Loeb Classical Library, 1926 Plutarch, The Life of Otho, Loeb Classical Library, 1926 Suetonius Gaius, Lives of the Caesars, translated by J. Niemirska-Pliszczyńska, Ossolineum 1972 Tacitus, Histories, translated by S. Hammer, Czytelnik 1957 Edited by: Cary M., Scullard H. H., History of Rome. Volume II, PIW Warsaw 1992 Krawczuk A., A Gallery of Roman Empresses, Iskry, Warsaw 2006 Krawczuk A., A Gallery of Roman Emperors, Iskry, Warsaw 1986 Creative Commons Image Sources (cropped, text overlay): Servius Sulpicius Galba Emperor https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Roman Emperor Galba https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Galba, aureus, AD 68-69 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Coin of Galba https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Galba. AD 68-69. AR Denarius (cropped) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... The Roman Empire Otho gold aureus https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Bust of Otho https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Statue of the emperor Otho https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Vitellius, aureus, 69 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Arte classicista, busto di ottone https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Crupellarius https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Relief des Pretoriens https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Vitellius, with his children. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Vitellius, aureus, AD 69 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Portrait bust of Vespasian wearing the civic crown, Palazzo Massimo, Rome https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Year of the Four Emperors https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Creative Licenses Commons: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music in Background:    • Hydra – Huma Huma (No Copyright Music)      • The Empty Moons of Jupiter      • Dawn of Man      • Contact   https://audiojungle.net/item/dark-eth... Music by courtesy of Epidemic Sound 0:00 The End of a Dynasty 4:55 Galba 25:40 Otho 42:55 Vitellius 1:00:00 Bedriacum I 1:17:00 "The Great Meal" 1:26:00 Vespasian 1:33:00 Bedriacum II and Cremona 1:43:00 Siege of the Capitol 1:47:00 The Fall of Vitellius 1:51:25 Acknowledgements, bibliography