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AD 69. Map of the Year of the Four Emperors. AD 69 ( LXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the consulship of Galba and Vinius (or, less frequently, year 822 Ab urbe condita ).
69 may refer to: 69 (number) A year, primarily 69 BC, AD 69, 1969, or 2069. 69 (sex position) 69 Hesperia, a main-belt asteroid.
The Year of the Four Emperors was a year in the history of the Roman Empire, AD 69, in which four emperors ruled in a remarkable turnover. The four emperors were Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian . The suicide of emperor Nero, in 68, was followed by a brief period of civil war, the first Roman civil war since Mark Antony 's death in 30 BC.
Apr 15, 2021 · During the Year of the Four Emperors (69 CE), the fight between Vitellius and Vespasian would ultimately bring about the demise of four legions, the XV Primigenia, I Germanica, IIII Macedonica, and XVI Gallia.
- Donald L. Wasson
Flavian dynasty, (ad 69–96), the ancient Roman imperial dynasty of Vespasian (reigned 69–79) and his sons Titus (79–81) and Domitian (81–96); they belonged to the Flavia gens. The fall of Nero (ad 68) and the extinction of the Julio-Claudian dynasty had been followed by a war of succession that.
Apr 12, 2024 · Vespasian (born November 17?, ad 9, Reate [Rieti], Latium—died June 24, 79) was a Roman emperor ( ad 69–79) who, though of humble birth, became the founder of the Flavian dynasty after the civil wars that followed Nero’s death in 68. His fiscal reforms and consolidation of the empire generated political stability and a vast Roman building program.
