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Succession

Name: Succession – Roman Empire factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Roman Empire · Government / Year of Four Emperors. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records

68–69Date range

3Named people

1Places

Chronological records

68

Servius Sulpicius Galba68

Rome · Government / Year of Four Emperors

Succeeds as Emperor of Rome. Names Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus as his successor

Servius Sulpicius Galba68

Rome · Government / Year of Four Emperors

Is recognised as emperor after Nero dies.

69

Aulus Vitellius3 January 69

Rome · Government / Year of Four Emperors

The Roman legions refuse to accept Galba as their Emperor & proclaim Vitellius Emperor. Succeeds as Emperor of Rome

Marcus Salvius Otho69

Rome · Government / Year of Four Emperors

Succeeds as Emperor of Rome

Names involved

Aulus VitelliusMarcus Salvius OthoServius Sulpicius Galba

Provenance

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