Official Name: IMPERATOR MARCUS OTHO CAESAR AUGUSTUS
Birthdate: April 28, 32 CE
(Suetonius, Life of Otho, 2)
Birthplace: Ferentium, Italy
(Suetonius, Life of Otho, 1)
Reign: Otho was declared emperor by the praetorian guard on January 15, 69 CE. He was awarded imperial titles by the Senate on the same day, after the assassination of Galba.
(Suetonius, Life of Otho, 6-7)
Marriages:
Poppaea Sabina
(Suetonius, Life of Otho, 3)
Death:
Otho committed suicide on April 16, 69 CE. He killed himself after losing the Battle of Bedriacum to Vitellius, a rival claimant to the throne.
(Suetonius, Life of Otho, 9-11) (Plutarch, Life of Otho, 17)
Bust originally identified as Otho, Musei Capitolini, Rome, December 2018.
Aureus of Otho, Palazzo Massimo, Rome, February 2019.
59
(Suetonius, Life of Otho, 3)
69
(Suetonius, Life of Otho, 5)
69
(Suetonius, Life of Otho, 11) (Plutarch, Life of Otho, 17)
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