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Otho was Roman emperor from January to April 69 CE. Immediately after the assassination of Galba, Otho, the governor of Lusitania, was proclaimed emperor by the army. However, the unrest that existed in the short reign of Galba would spell doom for the newly named leader of the Roman Empire, the second in the “year of the four emperors.”

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Timeline

  • 28 Apr 32 CE
    Birth of Emperor Otho.
  • 59 CE
    Otho Exiled to Lusitania by Emperor Nero.
  • 15 Jan 69 CE - 16 Apr 69 CE
    Reign of Roman Emperor Otho.
  • 16 Apr 69 CE
    Suicide of Emperor Otho.
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