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Otho
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Otho, Emperor of Rome and provinces of the Roman Empire.
Name commonly known as: Otho
Latin Roman Name: Marcus
Salvius Otho
Otho Reigned as
Roman Emperor / Caesar: 15 January
69 – 16 April 69
Dynasty /
Historical Period: Year of the four
emperors
Place and Date of Birth: Born
25 April 32. Birthplace Ferentium
Name of previous Emperor: His predecessor or the Emperor before Otho was
Galba
Date Otho succeeded as Emperor of
Rome and circumstances of rule: 15 January 69. Otho led a successful
coup to overthrow the emperor Galba
Family connections / Genealogy
*** Name of Father: Lucius Otho
*** Name of Mother: Albia
Terentia
*** Otho Married: Poppea Sabina but was forced to divorce her by Nero
*** Children: None
Why was Otho famous?
Accomplishments, achievements and important events: He was
ambitious and greedy, tried to pacify Vitellius but failed - his
reign lasted for just three short
months
Place and Date of Death:
Otho died 16 April 69 (aged 36) in Rome. There had been revolution in
Germany, where several legions had declared for Vitellius, the
commander of the legions on the lower Rhine. Otho lost a battle with
Vitellus and committed suicide
Name of next Emperor:
The successor to Otho was Vitellius
The Year of the Four Emperors 68 - 69 AD
The Year of the Four
Emperors 68 - 69 AD and the beginning of the Flavian
Dynasty. Following the suicide of Nero there was a brief
period of civil war in Rome which resulted in the Year of
the Four Emperors which saw the successive rise and fall of
Galba, Otho and Vitellius until the final accession of
Vespasian who became the first ruler of the Flavian Dynasty.
On the death of Nero, Servius Sulpicius Galba, already
chosen emperor by the Praetorians and the Senate, was
murdered in the Forum in January, A.D. 69. He was succeeded
by Salvius Otho, the infamous friend of Nero, and the
husband of Poppaea Sabina. The legions on the Rhine,
however, proclaimed their own commander, Vitellius, emperor
and Otho, his forces being defeated in a battle near
Bedriacum between Verona and Cremona, killed himself.
Vitellius, the new emperor, was remarkable for his gluttony
and his coarse vices. He neglected every duty of his office,
and soon became universally contemptible. Vespasian, the
distinguished general, who had been fighting successfully
against the Jews in Palestine, was proclaimed emperor by the
governor of Egypt.
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