Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . f the provincial armieshad now made the discovery that the puttingup and putting down of emperors was a work<if their own. As early as April A. D. 68(Nero was killed in June of that year), thearmy in Spain had proclaimed Servius Sul-picrus Galea as Imper
Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . f the provincial armieshad now made the discovery that the puttingup and putting down of emperors was a work<if their own. As early as April A. D. 68(Nero was killed in June of that year), thearmy in Spain had proclaimed Servius Sul-picrus Galea as Imperator in place of thereigning Cresar. In this movement the Galliclegions were active participants, and Galbawas already on the march to Rome when thenews of the downfall of Nero reached Narbo he was met by envoys of the Sen-ate who came to acquaint him with the acqui-escence of that body in the decision of thearmy. There were other candidates for thevacant throne, but none could make headwayagainst the claims of Galba, who assumed thegiivernment on January 1st, A. D. 69. VXIYERSAL JHSroRY.—THE A^XIEST WORLD. Tl r 1 1 ll 1 1 1 1 1IH 1 t 1 1 \ 1 tlei 1 tl n t the fii t 1 m lei nu 1 1 tT tef 1 t1 tl 1 ll 11t ( 1 « th t He te eT te t t n of tlm k 1 It^euate foi 1«eiious t in 1c Hen I Hi \ X m 11 the f o-xl t^ nn eut ?« 1 He. / /V 1^ Miiil^ mi 1 1 -s tl ^1?\\ eikue t tl ethat tl e ue Tie 1 nt 1 m tl e t t ei 1 h 1 1 It tl e fi t 1 inl , ell 1 UOl C 111 fii t eouce ll le the lefect 1 1 own P ut by Galba, they in u tted their claims to the The crisis was sufEcieutlj e Emperor to nominate a 1 c fell upnii a N s. Till- lattrr, however, e severe temjier as Galba, not to say i^arsimony, of as distasteful to the peo- a ever. The latter were • e e 1 1 ecause of the nou-distri- i 1 mtn e when Piso was proclaimed t tl e E 1 eior. bered that when Xera IopiKra h,. disposed of iTiiM, ],y t u a. When he heard of ele\ ite Galba to the throne a t ci in the ente
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