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Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Imperator Augustus (69)

VITELLIUS
Born: 07or24/09/AD14or15 Aulus Vitellius. Birthplace uncertain.
Father: Lucius Vitellius. (Consul AD35, died AD51. One of Claudius' comites present during the invasion of AD43.)
Mother: Sextilia.
Emperor: 17/04/AD69 Aulus Vitellius [Germanicus] Imperator Augustus.
Died: 20/12/AD69 died "the death of a thousand cuts", executed by soldiers in the Forum.
History:
  • AD30's one of Tiberius' male prostitutes [spintria] on Capri
  • AD40's-50's flatterer of Caligula and Claudius
  • Wife1: Petronia, daughter of Consul
  • Son: Petronianus, died by poisoning
  • Wife2: Galeria Fundana, praetors daughter
  • Daughter: Vitellia
  • Son: Vitellius
  • AD40 consul
  • AD55 governor of Africa (until AD57)
For further information see Galba.

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