A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ionsof the Danube, however, and those in Syria, gave in their adhesionwithout delay. At the end of September the new emperor appeared before thecity. He was met at the JNIilvian Bridge by marine soldiers, who hadbeen formed into a legion by Nero, with the request that they mightbe enrolled among the regular troops. His reply was evasive ; the dis-turbance that followed was ended by a charge of his cavalry. Thisaroused disaffection among the soldiers. In many ways Galba showed 111 112 TBE YEAR OF TTIE FOUR
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . ionsof the Danube, however, and those in Syria, gave in their adhesionwithout delay. At the end of September the new emperor appeared before thecity. He was met at the JNIilvian Bridge by marine soldiers, who hadbeen formed into a legion by Nero, with the request that they mightbe enrolled among the regular troops. His reply was evasive ; the dis-turbance that followed was ended by a charge of his cavalry. Thisaroused disaffection among the soldiers. In many ways Galba showed 111 112 TBE YEAR OF TTIE FOUR EMPEEOES. himself incapable of dealing with the difficulties of his situation. Hewas nothing but a soldier seeking the best interests of the state, andstriving to do justice and to atone for the worst misdeeds of his prede-cessor, but lacking in skill to control affairs, and in the necessaryknowledge of men. He gave himself into the hands of unworthy-favorites, who discredited him; and he showed an unseasonable parsi-mony towards the troops. It was, indeed, impossible to pay the sums. Fig. 30. — The Emperor Galba. Antique bust in Naples, National Museum.(From a photograph.; which had been promised in his name to the guard and the legions, butGalba did absolutely nothing to win them over. It was probably with the purpose of making the Rhine armyharmless against himself, that he named incompetent officers to itscommand. In September, 68, he appointed, as commander in lowerGermany, Aulus Vitellius, a notorious glutton of the grossest sort, andpolitically incompetent. His inclination to tlie table, in spite of the OTRO EMPEROR. 113 many lucrative posts he had held, had plunged him so deeply into debtthat he escaped from his creditors in Rome with difficulty, and hadtrouble in raising the money for his journey to Cologne, where hearrived in November, 68. He found the troops discontented attheir own treatment and at that of the neighboring Celtic peoples, whohad been punished
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