Death of Vitellius
69 · Event
As the Flavian army fights into Rome — the Capitol itself burning in the street-fighting — Vitellius is dragged from a doorkeeper's cell, paraded half-naked through the Forum he had ruled, tortured and thrown in the Tiber. The next day the Senate votes Vespasian everything; the year of four emperors has found its last one standing.
On these timelines: The Year of the Four Emperors, Rome: Emperors, Roman History, Master
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