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Vitellius

Vitellius, Roman emperor. This site has 3 entries involving Vitellius, listed in chronological order with the Roman date and calendar of each.

  1. January 3 · a.d. III Non. Ian. · Julian date · ≈ Jan 1 on our calendar
    Upper Rhine army goes over to Vitellius (AD 69)
  2. December 18 · a.d. XV Kal. Ian. · Julian date · ≈ Dec 16 on our calendar
    Vitellius tries to abdicate (AD 69)
  3. December 20 · a.d. XIII Kal. Ian. · Julian date · ≈ Dec 18 on our calendar
    Death of Vitellius (AD 69)
LATIN LINE OF THE DAY

Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura quae legis hic.

“Some are good, some middling, more are bad, of what you read here.”

Martial, Epigrams 1.16 · translation ours (literal)