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A cycle of ephemeral emperors, military mutinies and civil wars had begun, marring Rome’s third century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Given these conditions, China has struggled in recent years with strikes, mutinies and violence on its squid ships, which feed the world’s growing demand for calamari.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Rights groups also warn that civilians usually bear the brunt of these mutinies.

From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2023

One large-scale study of military mutinies in Africa, for instance, found that they rarely escalate directly into coups, but they are associated with an increased likelihood of coups in the near future.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2023

They weren’t mutinies in the sense that soldiers attacked their officers, but were more like workmen’s strikes, in which entire units refused to return to the trenches or take part in new attacks.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman