10-04-2007, 01:26 PM
Quote:I can't say I have a reference, but I've never heard it called "Year of the Three Emperors", but rather "Year of the Four Emperors", this being a reference to Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian... :?I'm getting the impression that "three" is indeed a German custom, which the Dutch have adopted.