Vitellius

Family: Roman · Role: emperor · First appears: Galba

Life events

Otho's troops opened the gates, fraternized with Caecina's men, and submitted to Vitellius.(Otho · 📍 Bedriacum)
- With: Titianus Caecina
- “others opened the gates and went out, and mingled freely with those they met; and instead of acts of hostility, there was nothing but mutual shaking of hands and congratulations, everyone taking the oaths and submitting to Vitellius.”
Otho's remaining soldiers acknowledged Vitellius, received pardon, and served under Caecina.(Otho)
- With: Caecina Pollio
- “As soon as the soldiers perceived this, they owned Vitellius, and so got their pardon, and served under Caecina.”

with Fabius Valens (interaction) “Fabius Valens, who commanded one legion, riding up next day with a large body of horse, saluted Vitellius emperor”
with Flaccus Hordeonius (interaction) “the army under Flaccus also, putting away their fine and popular oaths in the name of the senate, swore obedience to Vitellius as emperor, to observe whatever he commanded”
enemies with Sulpicius Galba “Thus Vitellius was publicly proclaimed emperor in Germany; which news coming to Galba's ear”
servant: Flaccus Hordeonius “the army under Flaccus also ... swore obedience to Vitellius as emperor, to observe whatever he commanded”

rivals with Otho (The two rival emperors exchanged hostile letters.) “These overtures at first were responded to by Vitellius with equivocating civilities; which soon, however, turned into an interchange of angry words”
siblings with Lucius (Lucius is identified as Vitellius's brother.) “he named amongst the rest Lucius, Vitellius's brother”
with Caecina (Caecina commanded for Vitellius.) “Caecina and Valens, commanding for Vitellius, had possessed themselves of the Alps”
with Fabius Valens (Fabius Valens commanded for Vitellius.) “Caecina and Valens, commanding for Vitellius, had possessed themselves of the Alps”
with Caecina (After acknowledging Vitellius, the soldiers served under Caecina.) “As soon as the soldiers perceived this, they owned Vitellius, and so got their pardon, and served under Caecina”

Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.