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Emperors of the Civil War Year A.D. 69
Galba, Otho and Vitellius
Dates of rule Name and Data
Jun 8, 68 - Jan 15, 69 Galba
Servius Galba Imperator Caesar Augustus
Stabbed by Otho's men
Dec. 24, 3 B.C. born near Tarracina
Jan 15, 69 - Apr. 16, 69 Otho
Imperator Marcus Otho Caesar Augustus
Suicide at Brixellum, south of Cremona
Born April 28, 32 at Ferentium.
Jan. 2, 69 - Dec. 20, 69 Vitellius
Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Imperator Augustus
Tortured in the forum and thrown into the Tiber.
Born Sept. 7 (or 24), 12 (or 15).

Next Emperor of Rome: Vespasian

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