Dirk
Banned
So in AD69, during the Year of the Four Emperors, Otho killed his superior (and emperor) Galba and assumed power in Rome. Vitellius, commander of the Rhine legions, who had been rebelling for a few months now, marched down into Italy and defeated Otho, who committed suicide afterward, in battle.
So, what if Vespasian and Licinius Mucianus in the East (who were loyal to Otho) wrote to Vespasian's friend and supporter Antonius Primus, commander of the Danube legions, and told him to hurry into Italy to support Otho against Vitellius? In this way Otho becomes emperor and owes a large debt of gratitude to Vespasian, Licinius Mucianus, and Antonius Primus?
Is this possible, and what's likely to happen afterward? The Golden House on the Palatine likely finishes construction, I guess, and Rome's just a tiny bit stronger because there are only two stages to the civil war instead of three. What else?
So, what if Vespasian and Licinius Mucianus in the East (who were loyal to Otho) wrote to Vespasian's friend and supporter Antonius Primus, commander of the Danube legions, and told him to hurry into Italy to support Otho against Vitellius? In this way Otho becomes emperor and owes a large debt of gratitude to Vespasian, Licinius Mucianus, and Antonius Primus?
Is this possible, and what's likely to happen afterward? The Golden House on the Palatine likely finishes construction, I guess, and Rome's just a tiny bit stronger because there are only two stages to the civil war instead of three. What else?