(Moon in front of a blueish background, [Public Domain] via Pixabay.com)
Shortly
after the death of Augustus in 14 CE, the civilian soldiers in the
three Roman legions stationed in Pannonia were incited into mutiny. Most
of the known information about this event was recorded by two
statesmen-historians of the Roman Empire, Tacitus (c. 56/57 – 117) and
Cassius Dio (c. 163-235). Tacitus, perhaps the greatest orator of his
time, gave the lengthier and more detailed account of the mutiny, but he
was also known to take artistic license with some of his historical
descriptions. Nevertheless, both historians claimed that the goal of the
mutiny was to bring about military reforms, specifically a restriction
of military service to 16 years, as well as an increase in pay from one
sesterce a day to one denarius (4 sesterce)
per day. Without these changes, the mutineers claimed that the
excessively long period of military service, combined with the harsh
discipline and severe punishments in the Roman Army, were simply unfair.
Continue reading about how the moon foiled a potentially dangerous mutiny in Pannonia, HERE.
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