Battle of Rome (69) — the same event in Aurelius Victor, Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews, Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars and 1 more

Aurelius Victor: Vitellius, defeated at Cremona, believes he has been deceived and in his rage burns the Capitol.; Josephus, Jewish War and…

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Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus · AD 69 · Rome

Vitellius, defeated at Cremona, believes he has been deceived and in his rage burns the Capitol.

sed postquam mox circumventum se nuntio ratas est, quasi renovato furore ipsum ceterosque adversae partis cum Capitolio, quod saluti remedium ceperant…
Location: Aur. Vict. Caes. 8.5

Josephus, Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews · AD 69 · Rome

In Rome, Sabinus occupies the Capitol and is attacked by Vitellius's troops

Location: BJ 4.645–655

Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars · AD 69 · Roma

In the war with Vitellius he fled with his uncle Sabinus and some troops to the Capitol, and when the temple burned he hid all night beside the temple's keeper.

bello Vitelliano confugit in Capitolium cum patruo Sabino ac parte praesentium copiarum, sed irrumpentibus aduersariis et ardente templo apud aedituum clam…
Location: Domitian 1

Tacitus, Annals and Histories · AD 69 · Roma

Sabinus and others gather on the Capitol

Nec quisquam adeo rerum humanarum immemor quem non commoveret illa facies, Romanum principem et generis humani paulo ante dominum relicta fortunae suae sede…
Location: Hist. 3.69

Tacitus, Annals and Histories · AD 69 · Roma

During the civil war the Capitol burns — the most shameful event since the city's founding

Vixdum regresso in Capitolium Martiale furens miles aderat, nullo duce, sibi quisque auctor.
Location: Hist. 3.72

Place: Rome

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