A timeline proposal about the Bellum Neronis
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https://doi.org/10.3989/gladius.2024.389Keywords:
Bellum Neronis, Bellum Vindicis, Gaius Julius Vindex, Galba, VesontiiumAbstract
The aim of this paper is to establish a timeline of the events of the Bellum Neronis from its beginning in Gaul until the death of its leader, Gaius Julius Vindex, and that of Nero. The starting point is the references to this conflict in classical sources, mainly in Suetonius, Plutarch and Cassius Dio. In some cases, a chronology can be specified, but the lack of information only allows, in most cases, to establish the order of the events that occurred between August 67 and June 68.
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