After the suicide of Emperor Nero, four usurpers struggled for control of Rome, plunging the Empire into chaos.

Theme: The Year of the Four Emperors

• William Welsh, 'The Year of the Four Emperors - Historical introduction'.
• Tilman G. Moritz, 'Suetonius' On the life of the Caesars - Managing the crisis'.
• Sidney E. Dean, 'Military turmoil in an era of crisis - Legions come, legions go'.
• Anthony Riches, 'The Batavian Revolt of AD 69-70 - Casus Belli!'.
• Haggai Olshanetsky, 'The Jewish Revolt and the struggle in Rome - Contender from the East'.
• Sean Hussmann, 'The story of Julius Sabinus - The man who would be Caesar'.
• P. Lindsay Powell, 'Two battles on the Via Postumia, AD 69 - The road to hell'.
• Murray Dahm, 'Vespasian's (re-)organization of the empire - Putting the pieces in place'.
• Fausto Bica & Josho Brouwers, 'The fate of those who stand out - Purple thread'.

Features:

• Duncan B. Campbell, 'The Roman army in detail - The problem of the First Cohort'.
• Tang Long, 'Greatest military disaster in ancient history - Massacre at Chang-Ping'.
• Graham Sumner, 'The Roman army on screen, Part 6 - Spartacus'.