CLST 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Quintus Petillius Cerialis, Pontifex Maximus, Gallia Narbonensis

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 341
• Professor: Kavanagh

Document Summary

Word had arrived in rome by january 15. O(cid:374) ne(cid:449) yea(cid:396)"s da(cid:455), the a(cid:396)(cid:373)(cid:455) of lo(cid:449)e(cid:396) ge(cid:396)(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) had a(cid:272)(cid:272)lai(cid:373)ed a. vitellius as thei(cid:396) Imperator: a. vitellius had been sent by galba to lower germany because he thought. The troops were worried about their status. The people of belgica saw the people of lugdunensis as pampered so they were now trying to take control. Besides his own army, the army of upper germany joined him, as did the governor of. Belgica, d. valerius asiaticus: his father was the first consul from the western pronvinces for over 70 years, born in vienne and committed suicide because of claudius, asiaticus (the son) would be in his mid-late 30s. Vitellius was married with two children: betrothed asiaticus to his daughter, making asiaticus his son-in-law, vitellius" so(cid:374) (cid:449)as (cid:395)uite f(cid:396)ail a(cid:374)d so, ha(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a (cid:271)ette(cid:396) su(cid:272)(cid:272)esso(cid:396) (cid:449)as (cid:374)e(cid:272)essa(cid:396)(cid:455) This cohesive unit (named the vitelliani) now marches towards rome.