Major Events
- Jan 1 Roman garrison of Mainz uprising
- Jan 2 Roman Lower Rhine army proclaims its commander, Vitellius, Emperor
- Jan 10 Roman emperor Galba adopts Marcus Piso Licinianus as Caesar
- Jan 15 Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor, only rules for three months before committing suicide
- Apr 15 Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy
- Jul 1 Batavian nobleman Gaius Julius Civilis proclaimed emperor of Syria
- Jul 1 Roman General Vespasian is first proclaimed Emperor by troops in Egypt, during year of the four emperors
- Dec 20 General Vespasian's troops occupy Rome after defeating the Emperor Vitellius
Who Died in 69 AD
- Jan 15 Galba [Servius Sulpicius Galba], 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched by his successor Otho at 70
- Apr 16 Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor, dies at 36
- Dec 22 Aulus Vitellius, Roman Emperor for 8 months, executed by the troops of his successor Vespasian in Rome at 54
Augustus Caesar
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Constantine the Great
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