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Suicide

Roman Empire · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
68–196Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

68

Galba6 September 68

Warfare / Civil War

Forces Nero to commit suicide

69

OthoOctober 69

Bedriacum · Warfare / Civil War

Otho commits suicide after defeat by Vitellius troops at Bedriacum

196

Claudius Albinus19 February 196

Lyon · Warfare / Civil War

Surrounded at the Battle of Lyons, his head is displayed in Rome. Death of Claudius Albinus, suicide

Names involved

Claudius AlbinusGalbaOtho

Provenance

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