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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4543521, member: 101855&quot;]Here is one chapter:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Vitellius</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b></p><p><b>Lived 15 to 69, Ruled 69</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124844[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124845[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius of Vitellius, Obverse, A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TRP, Reverse, LIBERTAS RESTITUTA Libertas standing.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>I have found that it is difficult to locate this coin will fully readable wording, especially with all of the letters in Vitellius’ name. This coin is truly exceptional in that regard. All of the letters are fully struck and completely on the coin.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>· Vitellius was the son of Lucius Vitellius who was one of the premier advisors to the Emperor Claudius. He moved in the circles of power and was a close friend with every emperor from Caligula to Nero.</p><p><br /></p><p>· He held the consulship in 48 and was proconsul to Africa.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Toward the end of 68, Galba appointed him to an important military command in lower Germany. Galba believed that Vitellius, who had the reputation as a drunk and a glutton, would be slow and lazy and less likely to pose a threat to his reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>· At the beginning of 69, the legions on the German frontier refused to swear their allegiance to Galba and on January 2, Vitellius’ troops proclaimed him to be their emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Two weeks later, Galba was overthrown and killed. Otho was declared emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Armies under the command of Vitellius’ two leading generals advanced slowly on Rome. On April 16, they scored a major victory over forces loyal to Otho in First Battle of Bedriacum. Vitellius was now the undisputed master of the Roman state.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Vitellius proceeded at a leisurely pace to Rome. He arrived in the capital in July and assumed the title of Augustus.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Meanwhile troops loyal to T. Flavius Vespasianus proclaimed him emperor on July 1. Nero had sent Vespasianus to the eastern empire to put down the First Jewish Revolt.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Vitellius tried to create a royal family by giving his son the cognomrn Germanicus. During his brief reign, Vitellius issued some aurei and denarii with his son and daughter on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>· Vitellius’ regime became unpopular. Toward the end of year, forces loyal to Vespasian invaded Italy and slowly made their way toward Rome. Vitellius was arrested in his palace and dragged though the streets of Rome where he was brutally murdered by a mob. His children were killed as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124850[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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