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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Vera'nia (search)
Vera'nia the wife of Piso Licinianus, who was adopted by the emperor Galba. After the murder of her husband in A. D. 69, she obtained his head from Otho and buried it together with his body. (Tac. Hist. 1.47; Plut. Galb. 28; Plin. Ep. 2.20.) [PISO, No. 31.]
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Verus, Atti'lius a primipili centurio, A. D. 69. (Tac. Hist. 3.22.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
D. 66, at the head of a powerful army. [VITELLIUS.] His conduct of the Jewish war had raised his reputation, when the war broke out between Otho and Vitellius after the death of Galba. He was proclaimed emperor at Alexandria on the first of July A. D. 69, in Judaea, where he then was, on the third of the same month, and soon after all through the East. He arranged that Mucianus, governor of Syria, should march against Vitellius, and that his son Titus should continue the war against the Jews. Ti fact he did die in this attitude on the 24th of June A. D. 79, being 69 years of age, seven months and seven days. He reigned ten years all but six days, for his reign is dated from his proclamation as emperor at Alexandria on the first of July A. D. 69. The wife of Vespasian died before her husband's elevation to the imperial dignity, and also her daughter Domitilla. After his wife's death he cohabited with a freed woman named Caenis, whom, after he became emperor, he had, says Suetonius, al
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Victor, Clau'dius the nephew of Civilis, served under his uncle in the revolt of the Batavi in A. D. 69-70, and was sent with Julius Maximus against Vocula. (Tac. Hist. 4.33.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), V'nius (search)
V'nius 2. T. Vinius, consul in A. D. 69 with the emperor Galba. Tacitus says that his father was of a praetorian family, and that his maternal grandfather was one of the proscribed; but as he bears the same name as No. I, it is probable that the historian has made a mistake, unless he had by adoption taken the name of his maternal grandfather. He first served under Calvisius Sabinus; and one night he accompanied the wife of his commander, who was dressed as a common soldier, through the camp, and committed adultery with her in the Principia, which was reckoned a sacred spot by the Romans, because the eagles and standards were deposited there. For that offence he was put in irons by order of Caligula, but by the change of times was released and obtained successively the praetorship and the command of a legion. He was subsequently exposed to the imputation of having stolen a gold goblet at the table of the emperor Claudius. He was notwithstanding appointed, probably during the reign of.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
itors to give up their securities, and told them that they ought to be content with having their lives spared. (Sueton. Vitellius, 100.3, &c.; Dio Cass. lxv.) The way in which Vitellius was elevated to the supreme power on the third of January A. D. 69, has been told in the life of OTHO. After Otho's death his soldiers submitted to Caecina, and took the oath of fidelity to Vitellius. Flavius Sabinus, who was praefect of Rome, made the soldiers who were there take the oath to Vitellius, and tho Caesarea, his usual place of residence. The first decisive step in favour of Vespasian was taken by Tiberius Alexander, the governor of Fgypt, who caused his soldiers in Alexandria to take the oath of fidelity to Vespasian on the first of July A. D. 69. Thus within the space of a year and a few days, the Roman empire had witnessed the death of Nero, the accession and death of Galba and Otho, the accession of Vitellius, and the proclamation of Vespasian. The new emperor was speedily recognised
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Vo'cula, Di'llius legate of the 18th legion of the Roman army on the Rhine, at the time of the Batavian revolt (A. D. 69). On account of the firmness with which he opposed a mutiny against Hordeonius Flaccus, he was made commander-in-chief by the soldiers in place of that general. Not venturing to attack Civilis in the field, he fixed his camp at Gelduba, and shortly afterwards quelled another mutiny, which had broken out during his absence on an incursion against the Gugerni. [HERENNIUS GALLUS.] He afterwards carried on the war with some success, but neglected to fellow up his advantage, in all probability because, like the other commanders, he was a partizan of Vespasian, and did not wish that, by the destruction of Civilis, the legions of Germany should be set at liberty to go to the aid of Vitellius. On the other hand, the common soldiers, who were strongly attached to Vitellius, were for this reason in a state of almost constant mutiny, and on one occasion, when Hordeonius Flaccu
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