"Romajin-no Monogatari (VIII)" by SHIONO Nanami

This eighth book of the "Roma-jin no Monogatari" series is written about seven emperors after the fifth emperor Nero. The death of Nero caused confusion of the Roman Empire. In particular the Emperor changed three times in a year of 69 AD. So the subtitle of this book is 'Kiki-to Kokufuku' or 'Crisis and Overcome'. The Emperors in this period (about 30 years) are listed below. The last of the list, Nerva, is the first emperor of 'Five Good Emperors'.

Servius Sulpicius Galba (Reign: 18 Jun.68 - 15 Jan.69)
Marcus Salvius Otho (Reign: 15 Jan.69 - 15 Apr.69)
Aulus Vitellius Germanicus (Reign: 16 Apr.69 - 20 Dec.69)
Caesar Vespasianus Augustus (Reign: 21 Dec.69 - 24 Jun.79)
Titus Flavius Vespasianus (Reign: 24 Jun.79 - 13 Sep.81)
Titus Flavius Domitianus (Reign: 14 Sep.81 - 18 Sep.96)
Marcus Cocceius Nerva (Reign: 19 Sep.96 - 27 Jan.98)

(Finished reading on Jan.5, 2008)


The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* SHIONO Nanami : 塩野七生
* Roma-jin no Monogatari : ローマ人の物語
* Kiki-to Kokufuku : 危機と克服