CLST 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Pontifex Maximus, Quintus Petillius Cerialis
9 Nov 2017
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Word had arrived in rome by jan 15 that on new year"s day, the army of lower germany had acclaimed a. vitellius (sent there by. Upper germany joined him, as did the governor of belgica, d. Vitellius, who was married with two children, made asiaticus his son-in-law. The deputations from otho to vitellius being unsuccessful, otho"s army, made up mostly of praetorians, met the army of vitellius at. The term christiani began in antioch, given by non-christians. It was supported by the fact that the christians themselves called those who weren"t christians pagani. Cremona and placentia were the two oldest colonies. Vitellius (word for calf is vitellus; his name means veal), like otho, was from augustan aristocracy, though he claimed ancient patrician roots (not true). His greatest claim to the principate was his father"s (lucius) three consulships and censorship with. Vitellius adds the name germanicus to his own (shared with: Vitellius realized that vespasian could be a problem.
