title: Rebellion of Caius Iulius Vindex against Emperor Nero
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metadata.value: Królczyk, Krzysztof
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-09-21T10:44:55Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-09-21T10:44:55Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Królczyk K. Rebellion of Caius Iulius Vindex Against Emperor Nero. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 3, pp. 858–871.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.312
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/14919
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article discusses the rebellion led by Caius Iulius Vindex (the governor of the Roman
  province of Gaul) against emperor Nero. Vindex, who was disheartened with the policy of the
  princeps, wanted Nero’s place on the Roman throne to be taken by a person worthy of being a
  proper successor to Caesar and Augustus. This was the main reason for his revolt, which began
  in the middle of March 68 AD. Vindex’s insurgence was largely supported by the Gauls and
  the governor of the province of Hispania Tarraconensis, i.e. Servius Sulpicius Galba. However,
  his troops were crushed by the joint contingent from Upper and Lower Germany under the
  command of L. Verginius Rufus in the battle of Vesontio, which took place between the end
  of April and the middle of May 68 AD (the exact date cannot be established). As a result,
  C. Iulius Vindex committed suicide. Nevertheless, the anti-emperor movement started by Vindex
  grew stronger, and eventually Nero, abandoned by everyone, took his own life on June 9,
  and Vindex’s former ally, Galba, became the new emperor. The principal goal of the rebellion,
  i.e. replacing Nero with a new ruler of a better character was ultimately achieved, albeit after
  Vindex’s tragic death. These events were also a prelude to “the long year” (annus longus) or the
  so called “the year of the four emperors”. After his death, the leader of the anti-Nero revolt was
  honored by the new emperor Galba with a public funeral. Until the times of the late antiquity,
  the person of Caius Iulius Vindex had embodied in Roman collective memory an indomitable
  freedom defender (adsertor libertatis), who desired the good of the Roman Empire and the
  entire gens humana.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: A preliminary version of this text was prepared in Polish within the scholar grant “The Transformation
  of the Roman Empire under the Flavian Dynasty” funded by Department of Scientific Research of the Polish
  Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Nr. 108 058335).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Vindex
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Nero
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Roman Empire
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: rebellion
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: revolt
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: 68 AD
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Rebellion of Caius Iulius Vindex against Emperor Nero
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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