Why read 69 A.D.?

Book cover of 69 A.D.: The Year of Four Emperors

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The Year of Four Emperors, so the ancient sources assure us, was one of the most chaotic, violent and frightening periods in all Roman history: a time of assassinations and civil wars, of armies so out of control that they had no qualms about occupying the city of Rome, and…

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1 author picked 69 A.D. as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Martha Marks

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The Civil War of 69 AD — aka “The Year of Four Emperors” — was a complex, pivotal moment in the history of the Roman Empire. Since it took place at a key moment in my trilogy’s timeline, and since so many of my characters were active participants, I had to understand it. Morgan expertly clarifies an interrelated series of historical threads that I needed to follow to make my three-part fictional story both historically accurate and novelistically intriguing.

From Martha's list on The best books on the Roman Empire in the 2nd half of the 1st century AD.