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Imperial Rome Re-Considered

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    by   Damien F. Mackey       “Like Vespasian and Trajan’s own father, Trajan was an apt military leader, and his purging of the Praetorian Guard showed he was not in the position to be disobeyed or stabbed in the back by his own soldiers”.     Introduction   This article is a tentative effort to give new revised form to a part of imperial Roman history, following on from my hinting of a possible fusion of:   Antiochus 'Epiphanes' and Emperor Hadrian. Part One: "… a mirror image"   https://www.academia.edu/32734925/Antiochus_Epiphanes_and_Emperor_Hadrian._Part_One_a_mirror_image_   and of Nero (Domitius) and Domitian. The imperial period under consideration here would be, in conventional terms, c. 54-117 AD, Nero to Trajan, the supposed predecessor of Hadrian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_emperors   Nero NERO CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS December 15, 37 AD, Ant