NARBO, HISPANIA 12 AUGUSTUS 68 AD
News of Nero"s death was greeted with jubilation. Every Roman from Ordo Equester to the Head Count donned a cap of liberty as if the whole nation were slaves undergoing the freeing ceremony in Feronia"s temple.
Greeks mourned the death of an artist, and prayed that the new Caesar would honour Nero"s remittance of all their taxes. In Hispania, all looked forward to special treatment under Galba, who had been a stern but good governor for the last eight years. Alexandria, hearing they had been Nero"s intended refuge, released a collective sigh of relief that they had been spared that particular honour.
The rest of the world simply shrugged, waiting to see what kind of Caesar this Galba would be. A Caesar with not a drop of Julian blood, perhaps Galba woul
