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Year of the Four Emperors: A Visual Timeline

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📅 68 AD

  • April: Galba, governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, and Vindex, governor of Gallia Lugdunensis, rebel against Emperor Nero.
  • May: The Rhine legions defeat and kill Vindex in Gaul.
  • June 8: The Senate declares Nero a public enemy.​
  • June 9: Nero commits suicide; Galba is recognized as emperor.
  • November: Vitellius is appointed governor of Germania Inferior by Galba.

📅 69 AD

Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD)

January

  • 1st: The Rhine legions refuse to swear loyalty to Galba.
  • 2nd: Vitellius is acclaimed emperor by the Rhine legions.
  • 10th: Galba adopts Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus as his heir.
  • 15th: Galba and Piso are assassinated by the Praetorian Guard; Otho is proclaimed emperor.

April

  • 14th: First Battle of Bedriacum: Vitellius' forces defeat Otho's army.
  • 16th: Otho commits suicide.
  • 19th: Vitellius is recognized as emperor by the Senate.

July

  • 1st: Vespasian is proclaimed emperor by the legions in Egypt under Tiberius Julius Alexander.
  • 3rd: The army in Judea swears allegiance to Vespasian.

October

  • 24th: Second Battle of Bedriacum: Flavian forces under Marcus Antonius Primus defeat Vitellius' army. ​

December

  • 20th: Vitellius is captured and executed by Flavian forces.
  • 21st: Vespasian is recognized as emperor by the Senate.

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