First published as The Long Year AD 69 in 1975 by Paul Elek Ltd

Second edition published 1989 by Bristol Classical Press

Third edition published 2000

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© 1975, 1989 Kenneth Wellesley

Third edition © 2000 Herta Wellesley, introduction © 2000 Barbara Levick

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ISBN 0-415-23228-7 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-232620-7 (pbk)