Emperors of 69 Flashcards
Who was the first Emperor of the year 69 A.D.?
Galba
Galba was the governor of what region?
Hispania Tarraconensis
Who told Galba he had been proclaimed emperor?
freedman Icelus
Who supported Galba?
Julius Vindex, governor of Gallia Lugdunensis
Which region was Julius Vindex governor of?
Gallia Lugdunensis
Whom did Julius Vindex revolt against?
Nero
In what year did Vindex revolt?
68 A.D.
Who was Verginius Rufus?
commander in Germania Superior, put down the
Vindex Revolt at Vesontio (68 A.D.)
Where was the Vindex Revolt suppressed and ended in 68 A.D. by Verginius Rufus?
Vesontio
Who put down the Vindex Revolt?
Verginius Rufus
Who was made Praetorian Prefect under Galba?
His personal confident Cornelius Laco
When the Praetorian Prefect Nymphidius Sabinus heard Cornelius Laco was to be Praetorian Prefect what did he do?
claimed to be a son of Caligula
(in order to become emperor), but this revolt was put down
Who claimed to be the son of Caligula in a desperate attempt to gain power?
Praetorian Prefect Nymphidius Sabinus
Whose revolts did Galba suppress in Africa?
Clodius Macer
Whose revolt in lower Germany did Fabius Valens put down?
Fonteius Capito
In what season and year did Galba begin his reign?
Summer of 68 A.D.
In what month and year did Galba end his reign with his death?
15 January, 69 A.D.
Who killed Galba?
The Praetorian Guard
In what part of the year 69 A.D. did Otho rule?
The early part
Otho was the former governor of what province?
Former Governor of Lusitania (modern Portugal)
At what battles was Otho defeated at?
First Battle of Cremona (Bedriacum)
Whose forces defeated Otho?
Vitellius’s
Who were the commanders for Vitellius at the First Battle of Cremona (Bedriacum)?
Valens and Caecina
How did Otho die?
He committed suicide.
What forces did Vitellius command?
forces in Germania Inferior
What parts of the year 69 A.D. did Vitellius rule out?
April to December
Vespasian was the commander of the troops for which province?
Judea
Who was gaining support during Vitellius’s rule?
Vespasian
Who was the governor of Syria?
Licinius Mucianus
Who did Licinius Mucianus support?
Vespasian
Who was Vespasian’s commander at the Second Battle of Cremona (Bedriacum)?
Antonius Primus
Who was defeated at the Second Battle of Cremona (Bedriacum)?
Vitellius
When was Vitellius killed?
when Vespasian’s troops entered Rome
Who laid siege to Vetera during the Revolts of Julius Civilis and Julius Classicus (and Tutor)?
Batavian chieftain Julius Civilis, with help from Classicus and Julius Tutor of the Treviri
Who assassinated Dillius Vocula?
Classicus and Julius Tutor of the Treviri
What did the Revolts of Julius Civilis and Julius Classicus (and Tutor) establish?
“empire of the Gauls”
Who took the capital of Classicus and drove out the Batavians?
Q. Petillius Cerialis
What was the capital of Classicus?
Trier (Augusta Trevirorum)
