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Vitellius
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Vitellius, Emperor of Rome and provinces of the Roman Empire.
Name commonly known as: Vitellius
Latin Roman Name: Aulus Vitellius
Reigned as Roman Emperor /
Caesar: 2 January 69 – 22 December
69
Dynasty / Historical Period: Year
of the four emperors
Place and Date of Birth: 24
September 15
Name of previous Emperor: His predecessor or the Emperor before Vitellius was
Otho
Date Vitellius succeeded as Emperor of
Rome and circumstances of rule: 2 January 69. 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
Family connections / Genealogy
*** Name of Father: Lucius Vitellius
*** Name of Mother: Sextilia
*** Vitellius Married:
*** *** Petroniana
*** *** Galeria Fundana
*** Children:
*** *** He murdered his first son, Petronianus, by
Petronia
*** *** His second son died in battle
*** *** He left a daughter called Galeria
Why was Vitellius famous?
Accomplishments, achievements and important events: The defeat of
Vitellus resulted in the end of military anarchy and the beginning
of an extended period of political stability under Vespasian and the
Flavian dynasty
Place and Date of Death:
Vitellius died 22 December 69 (age 54) in Rome. The assassinations ordered by Vitellus and his cruel excesses of his short reign resulted in
another rebellion who tried to hide but was discovered by the Flavia
forces of Vespasian and he was
dragged half-naked to the Forum,
where he was tortured, killed, and
tossed into the Tiber
Name of next Emperor:
The successor to Vitellius was Vespasian
the founder of the Flavian Dynasty
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. Vitellius had spent his youth as one
of the Emperor Tiberius' male prostitutes on the isle of
Capri. Vitellius 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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