Re: (ReacTor) Counting the Days: Five SFF Approaches to Calendars

On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 10:14:18 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:06:08 -0400, WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com>
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wasn’t there a throwaway line or two about the time that there were (IIRC)
three Emperors in one year and a few of the Counts were short of cash?

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Don't know about the last part but there were definitely 3 emperor
years in the Roman Empire.

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This is very confusing, as we appear to be mixing up "the Vorkosigan
Saga" and the Roman Empire. And I don't care which was founded on
what.
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Nero was followed by four emperors in the next year (12 months):
Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian.
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_of_the_Four_Emperors>
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So, if this is a contest, the Roman Empire wins by 1 Emperor.
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I suppose the counts might have gotten lucky in having #1 and or #2
keel over before they had to fork it out...

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Of course there were plenty of Emperors "elected" by no one other than
whichever Legion was based in Rome.

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They didn't have to be based in Rome. A fair number of Emperors (and
would-be Emperors) were proclaimed to be Emperor by their Legion(s)
and then marched on Rome to expell the current one.
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Those were not good times for the Roman Empire. The periods where son
succeeded father for several generations were much better, at least as
far as civil war went.