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076- Mock Triumphs

The History of Rome

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The Revolt of Domitian

On January 1st 89 AD Lucius Antonius Saturnius, the governor of Upper Germania, led his two legions in revolt. With this sudden crisis on the Rhine, to mission was forced to conclude a hasty treaty with the Kabbelus that formally recognized Dacia as a client kingdom of Rome. The money and men would be used by the Dacian king to bolster his own defenses and properly equip his growing army. When Trajan decided to eventually crush Dacian once and for all, he found the task far more arduous than it should have been because of all the enemy fortifications built with Roman money. Eventually, a conspiracy of court officials would determine that they

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