Year of the Four Emperors
68–69 · Event
After Nero's suicide, Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian successively claim the throne; Vespasian's Flavian dynasty wins.
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More from The Year of the Four Emperors
- Death of Nero (68)
- Galba murdered in the Forum (69)
- The East proclaims Vespasian (69)
- Death of Vitellius (69)
- Otho falls at Bedriacum (69)
- Reign of Vespasian (69)
- The revolt of Vindex (68)
Around 68
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- The Crucifixion (33)
- Reign of Marcus Aurelius (161)
- The Resurrection (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70)
- The Nativity: Jesus is born in Bethlehem (5 BCE)
- Reign of Trajan (98)