Emperors of 69

Question 1

Who was the first Emperor of the year 69 A.D.?

Answer 1

Galba

Question 2

Galba was the governor of what region?

Answer 2

Hispania Tarraconensis

Question 3

Who told Galba he had been proclaimed emperor?

Answer 3

freedman Icelus

Question 4

Who supported Galba?

Answer 4

Julius Vindex, governor of Gallia Lugdunensis

Question 5

Which region was Julius Vindex governor of?

Answer 5

Gallia Lugdunensis

Question 6

Whom did Julius Vindex revolt against?

Answer 6

Nero

Question 7

In what year did Vindex revolt?

Answer 7

68 A.D.

Question 8

Who was Verginius Rufus?

Answer 8

commander in Germania Superior, put down the
Vindex Revolt at Vesontio (68 A.D.)

Question 9

Where was the Vindex Revolt suppressed and ended in 68 A.D. by Verginius Rufus?

Answer 9

Vesontio

Question 10

Who put down the Vindex Revolt?

Answer 10

Verginius Rufus

Question 11

Who was made Praetorian Prefect under Galba?

Answer 11

His personal confident Cornelius Laco

Question 12

When the Praetorian Prefect Nymphidius Sabinus heard Cornelius Laco was to be Praetorian Prefect what did he do?

Answer 12

claimed to be a son of Caligula
(in order to become emperor), but this revolt was put down

Question 13

Who claimed to be the son of Caligula in a desperate attempt to gain power?

Answer 13

Praetorian Prefect Nymphidius Sabinus

Question 14

Whose revolts did Galba suppress in Africa?

Answer 14

Clodius Macer

Question 15

Whose revolt in lower Germany did Fabius Valens put down?

Answer 15

Fonteius Capito

Question 16

In what season and year did Galba begin his reign?

Answer 16

Summer of 68 A.D.

Question 17

In what month and year did Galba end his reign with his death?

Answer 17

15 January, 69 A.D.

Question 18

Who killed Galba?

Answer 18

The Praetorian Guard

Question 19

In what part of the year 69 A.D. did Otho rule?

Answer 19

The early part

Question 20

Otho was the former governor of what province?

Answer 20

Former Governor of Lusitania (modern Portugal)

Question 21

At what battles was Otho defeated at?

Answer 21

First Battle of Cremona (Bedriacum)

Question 22

Whose forces defeated Otho?

Answer 22

Vitellius’s

Question 23

Who were the commanders for Vitellius at the First Battle of Cremona (Bedriacum)?

Answer 23

Valens and Caecina

Question 24

How did Otho die?

Answer 24

He committed suicide.

Question 25

What forces did Vitellius command?

Answer 25

forces in Germania Inferior

Question 26

What parts of the year 69 A.D. did Vitellius rule out?

Answer 26

April to December

Question 27

Vespasian was the commander of the troops for which province?

Answer 27

Judea

Question 28

Who was gaining support during Vitellius’s rule?

Answer 28

Vespasian

Question 29

Who was the governor of Syria?

Answer 29

Licinius Mucianus

Question 30

Who did Licinius Mucianus support?

Answer 30

Vespasian

Question 31

Who was Vespasian’s commander at the Second Battle of Cremona (Bedriacum)?

Answer 31

Antonius Primus

Question 32

Who was defeated at the Second Battle of Cremona (Bedriacum)?

Answer 32

Vitellius

Question 33

When was Vitellius killed?

Answer 33

when Vespasian’s troops entered Rome

Question 34

Who laid siege to Vetera during the Revolts of Julius Civilis and Julius Classicus (and Tutor)?

Answer 34

Batavian chieftain Julius Civilis, with help from Classicus and Julius Tutor of the Treviri

Question 35

Who assassinated Dillius Vocula?

Answer 35

Classicus and Julius Tutor of the Treviri

Question 36

What did the Revolts of Julius Civilis and Julius Classicus (and Tutor) establish?

Answer 36

“empire of the Gauls”

Question 37

Who took the capital of Classicus and drove out the Batavians?

Answer 37

Q. Petillius Cerialis

Question 38

What was the capital of Classicus?

Answer 38

Trier (Augusta Trevirorum)