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    crushing defeat for Vitellius at the Second Battle of Bedriacum in northern Italy. Once he realised his support was wavering, Vitellius prepared to abdicate...
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    had to face another claimant, Vitellius, who had been acclaimed by the legions of the Rhine on 1 January 69. Vitellius won the First Battle of Bedriacum...
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    problem of the rebellion of Vitellius, commander of the army in Germania Inferior, Otho led a sizeable force which met Vitellius' army at the Battle of Bedriacum...
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  • first of this gens to obtain the consulship was Aulus Vitellius, uncle of the emperor Vitellius, in AD 32. Suetonius relates two conflicting accounts...
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  • Publius Vitellius, grandfather of the emperor Vitellius, was a Roman eques, who served as procurator during the reign of Augustus. Vitellius was born at...
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    is the second of two manuscripts comprising the bound volume Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, one of the four major Old English poetic manuscripts. It is most...
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    Lucius Vitellius (before 7 BC – AD 51) was the youngest of four sons of procurator Publius Vitellius and the only one who did not die through politics...
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  • Lucius Vitellius (died December 69) was a Roman senator who lived in the 1st century. He was the second son of Lucius Vitellius and Sextilia, and younger...
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  • Publius Vitellius was a first-century Roman commander under Germanicus. He was the son of the eques Publius Vitellius, and belonged to the gens Vitellia...
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  • Cleopatra, Faustina, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian. (Domitian had only one shelf, perhaps...
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    Mucianus led the Flavian forces against Vitellius, while Vespasian took control of Egypt. On 20 December 69, Vitellius was defeated, and the following day...
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  • predecessor Galba murdered in January and claimed the throne. Legate Aulus Vitellius, governor of the province of Germania Inferior, had also claimed the throne...
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    reign of Vitellius. Suetonius says that Otho killed himself while Vitellius was marching to Rome. This book gives an unfavorable picture of Vitellius; however...
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    emperor Aulus Vitellius, born from his second marriage to Galeria Fundana. Vitellia had a brother, Vitellius Germanicus and a half-brother Vitellius Petronianus...
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    Name of Italy (redirect from Vitelliu)
    The etymology of the name of Italy has been the subject of reconstructions by linguists and historians. Considerations extraneous to the specifically linguistic...
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    History — Book 10". "C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Vitellius, chapter 13, section 2". "Suetonius • Life of Vitellius". "Martial, Epigrammata, book 13, LXXI Phoenicopteri"...
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    emperor ordered Lucius Vitellius, governor of Syria, to march against Aretas and ensure that he was captured or killed. Vitellius obediently mobilized two...
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    forces of Vitellius and Vespasian clashed at the Second Battle of Bedriacum, which ended in a crushing defeat for the armies of Vitellius. In despair...
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  • 6th Roman Prefect of the province of Judea. He was a friend of Lucius Vitellius, who appointed him after sending Pontius Pilate to Rome (in 36 or 37)...
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    the beginning of the year. — Suetonius In regard to his appointment of Vitellius to Germania Inferior: Galba surprised everyone by sending him to Lower...
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    Erasmus Vitellius (c 1470–1522) was a 16th-century Roman Catholic Bishop of Płock in Poland, who then served the prince Alexander as a diplomat. Born...
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    "Cotton Vitellius A.XV" translates as: the 15th book from the left on shelf A (the top shelf) of the bookcase with the bust of Roman Emperor Vitellius standing...
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    XXXIV Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Vespasian Titus Domitian Nerva Trajan Hadrian Antoninus Pius Lucius Verus Marcus Aurelius...
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    Bedriacum, which ended in a crushing defeat for the armies of Vitellius. In despair, Vitellius attempted to negotiate a surrender. Terms of peace, including...
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    XXXIV Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero Galba Otho Vitellius Vespasian Titus Domitian Nerva Trajan Hadrian Antoninus Pius Lucius Verus Marcus Aurelius...
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    need of the Batavi's military support, Vitellius released Civilis. In return, the Batavi regiments helped Vitellius defeat Otho's forces at the Battle of...
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  • Latin Translation Notes I, Vitelli, dei Romani sono belli Go, O Vitellius, at the war sound of the Roman god Perfectly correct Latin sentence usually...
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    Battle of Bedriacum: Vitellius defeats Otho's legions; Otho commits suicide. April 17 – After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes emperor. Marcus...
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    defeating Otho, Vitellius disbanded the Praetorians and established a new Guard composed of sixteen cohorts. In his war against Vitellius, Vespasian relied...
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    Theobald. Retrieved January 2, 2024. Dio Cassius, 58.11.7 Suetonius, Vitellius, 6 Sanguozhi vol. 33. Guthrie 1966, p. 325. Pohlsander 1984, p. 101. Cutler...
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