Rome (54) — the same event in Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews, Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars and Tacitus, Annals and Histories

Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews: Claudius dies and Nero becomes emperor as Agrippina wished; Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars: When…

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Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews · AD 54 · Rome

Claudius dies and Nero becomes emperor as Agrippina wished

καὶ δὴ τὴν Ὀκταουίαν ἥρμοσεν τῷ Νέρωνι·
Location: 20.150

Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars · AD 54 · Roma

When Claudius's death was announced, he went out to the Praetorian cohort, was acclaimed emperor by the soldiers on the palace steps, and was carried in a litter to the camp.

proque Palati gradibus imperator consalutatus lectica in castra et inde raptim appellatis militibus in curiam delatus est discessitque iam uesperi, ex…
Location: Nero 8

Tacitus, Annals and Histories · AD 54 · Roma

At noon on October 13 the palace gates open, and Nero goes out before the guard with Burrus

Tunc medio diei tertium ante Idus Octobris, foribus palatii repente diductis, comitante Burro Nero egreditur ad cohortem, quae more militiae excubiis adest.
Location: Ann. 12.69

Place: Rome

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