This Day in Ancient History:
Otho
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On this day in ancient Rome, in the year of the 4 emperors, the short reign of Emperor Otho ended when he, like Nero two emperors earlier, committed suicide. Read more about Otho. Otho committed suicide when he heard that his army had been defeated at Bedriacum, described by Tacitus Histories 2.46-50. Otho's death was treated as a nobly Stoic end and beneficial to the Republic.
It was also the time of the festival in honor of the grain goddess Ceres, who was associated with the earth goddess Tellus, known as the Cerealia. The Cerealia was one of the sets of ludi Romani 'Roman Games.
Otho
© Trustees of the British Museum, produced by Natalia Bauer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme
It was also the time of the festival in honor of the grain goddess Ceres, who was associated with the earth goddess Tellus, known as the Cerealia. The Cerealia was one of the sets of ludi Romani 'Roman Games.
This Day in Modern History: Ancient historian Jane Ellen Harrison died in 1928.
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