Julio-Claudian Emperors, Ad 14-70

Acknowledgements vi List of Illustrations vii Stemmata ix Map xii Sources and Subject-matter 1. Politics under the Principate 3 2. Tacitus 9 3. Other Literary and Archaeological Sources 12 Tiberius 4. The Accession 19 5. Germanicus and Drusus 23 6. Sejanus and the Power-Vacuum 28 7. The Aftermath of Sejanus: a Reign of Terror? 32 Caligula, Claudius and Nero 8. A New Gaius Julius Caesar 37 9. The Fall of Caligula 43 10. A Weak Emperor 46 11. Claudius and Agrippina 51 12. Nero's 'Five Good Years' 54 13. The Fire and its Aftermath 58 The Civil Wars 14. Power Passes to Sulpicius Galba 65 15. Galba's Failure and the Reign of Otho 69 16. A Military Coup: Vitellius 73 17. Vitellius Defeated 76 18. Legitimacy Restored: Vespasian in Control 80 Suggestions for Further Study 84 Suggestions for Further Reading 86 List of Latin Terms 92Wiedemann, Thomas is the author of 'Julio-Claudian Emperors, Ad 14-70' with ISBN 9781853991172 and ISBN 1853991171.