Ah 5 – possibly one of my favourite early years, and what a fascinating year it was, despite starting inauspiciously on a Thursday.
It was the year that Rome acknowledges Cunobelinus of the Catuvellauni tribe as king of Britain, though no-one knows what the Britons thought of that.
Meanwhile, in Rome itelf, Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus and Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus became consuls, Agrippina the Elder marries Germanicus, Livilla marries Drusus Julius Caesar, Tiberius's son and gave birth to their daughter Julia, or possibly it was the other way round,while Tiberius was off conquering Germania Inferior.
Over in Beijing,, Wang Mang was granted the "Nine Awards of Imperial Favor" — a set of ceremonial robes, sceptres, weapons and privileges bestowed only on those in the most intimate relationship with the emperor, showing that he was indeed the rising power behind the throne.
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Ah 5 – possibly one of my favourite early years, and what a fascinating year it was, despite starting inauspiciously on a Thursday.
It was the year that Rome acknowledges Cunobelinus of the Catuvellauni tribe as king of Britain, though no-one knows what the Britons thought of that.
Meanwhile, in Rome itelf, Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus and Lucius Valerius Messalla Volesus became consuls, Agrippina the Elder marries Germanicus, Livilla marries Drusus Julius Caesar, Tiberius's son and gave birth to their daughter Julia, or possibly it was the other way round,while Tiberius was off conquering Germania Inferior.
Over in Beijing,, Wang Mang was granted the "Nine Awards of Imperial Favor" — a set of ceremonial robes, sceptres, weapons and privileges bestowed only on those in the most intimate relationship with the emperor, showing that he was indeed the rising power behind the throne.
Twit.
Sorry. I was a bit hasty there with my ripostation.
I did of course mean to say, "journalistic twit".
"Twit"? !
I'll have you know that cutting and pasting – sorry, "research" – is a highly valued and professional skill, worth literally pounds on the job market!
Do you not get that this a countdown to a day and not to a year? I say again "journalistic twit" but now add "in a waistcoat".
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