Otho
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Marcus Salvius Otho was Roman emperor, ruling for three months from 15 January to 16 April 69. He was the second emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors.
Detail of a statue of Otho at the Louvre
Bust labelled as Otho in the National Archaeological Museum, Florence.
Aureus of Otho. Legend: imp m otho caes aug tr p
Statue of Poppaea Sabina, Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece
Galba
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Servius Sulpicius Galba was a Roman emperor, ruling for 7 months from 8 June AD 68 to 15 January 69. He was the first emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors and assumed the throne following Emperor
Otho
…province of Lusitania in 58 following his wife Poppaea Sabina's affair with Nero. After a period of moderate rule in the province, he allied himself with Galba, the governor of neighbouring Hispania Tarraconensis, during the revolts of 68. He accompanied Galba on his march to Rome, but revolted and murdered…
Gold aureus of Galba. Legend: imp(erator) ser(vius) galba aug(ustus)
Damaged head of a crowned emperor in the J. Paul Getty Museum, most likely Galba.
Ancient Roman statue of an emperor, heavily "restored" by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi as a portrait of emperor Galba. Exhibited in the "Sala Rotonda" (Round Hall) in the Museo Pio-Clementino (Vatican Museums).
Bust in the Nationalmuseum of Sweden labelled as Galba. Most likely a late Republican portrait.