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Otho (/ ˈ oʊ θ oʊ /, OH-tho; born Marcus Salvius Otho; 28 April 32 – 16 April 69) was Roman emperor, ruling for three months from 15 January to 16 April 69. He was the second emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors.
Aug 24, 2012 · Otho was Roman emperor from January to April 69 CE. Immediately after the assassination of Galba, Otho, the governor of Lusitania, was proclaimed emperor by the army. However, the unrest that existed...
Otho (born ad 32—died April 16, 69, near Cremona, Venetia [Italy]) was a Roman emperor from January to April 69. Otho was born into a family that had held the consulship under Augustus.
The Year of the Four Emperors, AD 69, was the first civil war of the Roman Empire, during which four emperors ruled in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian. [1] It is considered an important interval, marking the transition from the Julio-Claudians, the first imperial dynasty, to the Flavian dynasty.
Otho organized a conspiracy among the Praetorian Guard, who murdered Galba in the Roman Forum. Otho was acclaimed emperor (January 15). What did Emperor Otho look like?
Apr 3, 2023 · The story of Roman Emperor Marcus Salvius Otho is one of ambition, betrayal, and tragedy. Otho was born in 32 AD in what is now northern Italy, and over the course of his life, he would rise to the highest echelons of power in the Roman Empire, before ultimately meeting a violent and untimely end.
PEOPLE AND PERSONALITIES OF ROME. Otho. Key information: Official Name: IMPERATOR MARCUS OTHO CAESAR AUGUSTUS. Birthdate: April 28, 32 CE. (Suetonius, Life of Otho, 2) Birthplace: Ferentium, Italy. (Suetonius, Life of Otho, 1) Reign: Otho was declared emperor by the praetorian guard on January 15, 69 CE.
Jun 23, 2020 · Marcus Salvius Otho was born at Ferentium in southern Etruria on 28 April AD 32. His family did not belong to the old aristocracy, but had achieved political prominence under the emperors.
Otho's foremost troops, upon some groundless rumour, took up the notion that the commanders on the other side would come over; and accordingly, upon their first approach, they saluted them with the friendly title of fellow-soldiers.
Marcus Salvius Otho (ō´thō), AD 32–AD 69, Roman emperor (Jan.–April, AD 69). He was a friend of Nero, and his wife, Poppaea Sabina, became Nero's mistress; Otho was repaid (AD 58) with the province of Lusitania.
