The Year of the Four Emperors

Vitelius was a classic players' coach, the kind of man you loved to play for. The stories of his arrival on the Rhine after the ascension of Galba are peppered with accounts of him shaking hands with mule drivers and learning names of slaves. There could not have been a stronger contrast to the strict and humorless Galba in the flush cheeked and jovial Vitelius. Next week, we'll dive into the guts of the year of the four emperors.