AD69

The author of God’s Viking brings to life “ a period in Roman history that provides many twists and turns as Rome emerged from the period of rule by Nero” ( Firetrench ). With the death of Nero by his own shaky hand, the ill-sorted, ill-starred Julio-Claudian dynasty came to an ignominious end, and Rome was up for the taking. This was 9 June, AD 68. The following year, commonly known as the “Year of the Four Emperors,” was probably one of Rome’s worst. In all previous successions, the new empero