annus quattuor imperatorum

E340252

Roman civil war period historical period

Annus quattuor imperatorum refers to the tumultuous year 69 CE in Roman history, marked by rapid civil wars and the successive rule of four different emperors following Nero’s death.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Annus quattuor imperatorum	1
annus quattuor imperatorum canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman civil war period ⓘ historical period ⓘ
battle	Battle of Bedriacum ⓘ Battle of Cremona ⓘ Battle of Bedriacum ⓘ surface form: First Battle of Bedriacum Battle of Bedriacum ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of Bedriacum
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
documentedIn	Tacitus’ Histories ⓘ surface form: Histories by Tacitus Cassius Dio’s Roman History ⓘ surface form: Roman History by Cassius Dio De vita Caesarum ⓘ surface form: The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
endTime	69 ⓘ
EnglishName	Year of the Four Emperors ⓘ
firstEmperor	Servius Sulpicius Galba ⓘ surface form: Galba
followedBy	Flavian dynasty ⓘ
follows	Reign of Nero ⓘ
fourthEmperor	Vespasian ⓘ
hasCause	military revolts ⓘ political instability in the Roman Empire ⓘ suicide of Nero ⓘ
historicalSignificance	demonstrated the power of the Roman legions in imperial succession ⓘ marked the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ transition period between Julio-Claudian and Flavian dynasties ⓘ
involvedParty	Praetorian Guard ⓘ Roman Senate ⓘ eastern Roman legions ⓘ legions of Germania ⓘ legions of the Danube ⓘ
label	Annus quattuor imperatorum ⓘ
LatinName	annus quattuor imperatorum self-link ⓘ surface form: Annus quattuor imperatorum
mainConflict	Year of the Four Emperors ⓘ surface form: Roman civil wars of 68–69 CE
notableFigure	Antonius Primus ⓘ Vitellius ⓘ surface form: Aulus Vitellius Mucianus ⓘ surface form: Gaius Licinius Mucianus Otho ⓘ surface form: Marcus Salvius Otho Servius Sulpicius Galba ⓘ Domitian ⓘ surface form: Titus Flavius Domitianus Titus Flavius Sabinus ⓘ Vespasian ⓘ surface form: Titus Flavius Vespasianus
numberOfEmperors	4 ⓘ
precededByEmperor	Nero ⓘ
result	accession of Vespasian ⓘ establishment of the Flavian dynasty ⓘ
secondEmperor	Otho ⓘ
significantEvent	assassination of Galba ⓘ defeat and death of Vitellius ⓘ proclamation of Vespasian as emperor by eastern legions ⓘ suicide of Otho ⓘ
startTime	69 ⓘ
thirdEmperor	Vitellius ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Year of the Four Emperors → alsoKnownAs → annus quattuor imperatorum ⓘ

annus quattuor imperatorum → LatinName → annus quattuor imperatorum self-link ⓘ

subject surface form: Annus quattuor imperatorum

this entity surface form: Annus quattuor imperatorum