CLAS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Epicurus, Cithara, Simple Living

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS202
• Professor: Daniel Hutter

Document Summary

Vitellius was supported by the rhine legions and was declared by them as augustus. Vespasian was supported by the eastern legions in syria-judea and acclaimed as. Otho was a friend of galba who thought he should have been successor of nero. Governor galba of spain rebels and others turn on nero who thus commits suicide thus. Galba until he committed suicide after losing the battle of cremona to vitellius. although he did not want the job. He tried to abdicate (renounce his throne) and was thus beheaded by vespasian"s troops and his head was paraded around rome. Augustus by them and joined by the danube legions. He was supported by the spanish legions and the praetorian. Otho supporter of nero until he took away his wife, poppaea, and sent him away as the governor of. Wants to remain augustus but he loses the battle of cremona against vitellius and commits suicide because of this.