Year of the Four Emperors
July 20, 2005
Year of the Four Emperors
The end of Nero’s reign, resulting from his extravagances and paranoid arrests, differed from the violent end of Caligula’s reign in that there was no method of succession in place. While Claudius was certainly an unwanted choice by the Senate to replace Caligula, he did fill the role in a seamless transition that actually turned into a moderately successful reign...