AD 69 (LXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire,it was known as the Year of the consulship of Galba and Vinius. The denomination AD 69 for this year has been used since the early medieval period,when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
The 60s decade ran from January 1,AD 60,to December 31,AD 69.
The gens Petronia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. This gens claimed an ancient lineage,as a Petronius Sabinus is mentioned in the time of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus,the last of the Roman kings,but few Petronii are mentioned in the time of the Republic. They are frequently encountered under the Empire,holding numerous consulships,and eventually obtaining the Empire itself during the brief reign of Petronius Maximus in AD 455.
Gaius Calpurnius Piso was a Roman senator in the first century. He was the focal figure in the Pisonian conspiracy of AD 65,the most famous and wide-ranging plot against the throne of Emperor Nero.
The Year of the Four Emperors,AD 69,was the first civil war of the Roman Empire,during which four emperors ruled in succession:Galba,Otho,Vitellius,and Vespasian. It is considered an important interval,marking the transition from the Julio-Claudians,the first imperial dynasty,to the Flavian dynasty. The period witnessed several rebellions and claimants,with shifting allegiances and widespread turmoil in Rome and the provinces.
The gens Julia was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the consulship was Gaius Julius Iulus in 489 BC. The gens is perhaps best known,however,for Gaius Julius Caesar,the dictator and grand uncle of the emperor Augustus,through whom the name was passed to the so-called Julio-Claudian dynasty of the first century AD. The nomen Julius became very common in imperial times,as the descendants of persons enrolled as citizens under the early emperors began to make their mark in history.
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus was a prominent Roman senator of the early Empire. His tenure as pontifex led him sometimes to be called Lucius Calpurnius Piso Pontifex,to differentiate him from his contemporary,Lucius Calpurnius Piso the Augur,consul in 1 BC. He was a confidant of the emperors Augustus and Tiberius.
Gaius Licinius Mucianus was a Roman general,statesman and writer. He is considered to have played a role behind the scenes in the elevation of Vespasian to the throne.
The gens Calpurnia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome,which first appears in history during the third century BC. The first of the gens to obtain the consulship was Gaius Calpurnius Piso in 180 BC,but from this time their consulships were very frequent,and the family of the Pisones became one of the most illustrious in the Roman state. Two important pieces of Republican legislation,the lex Calpurnia of 149 BC and lex Acilia Calpurnia of 67 BC were passed by members of the gens.
Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi was a Roman nobleman of consular rank who lived during the Roman Empire. Frugi's mother was an unnamed Roman woman,while his father was consul and governor Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi. Frugi's adoptive paternal grandfather was consul and general Marcus Licinius Crassus the Younger. Crassus was the grandson of triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus and the last known direct descendant of his grandfather. He had a daughter called Licinia who married the consul Lucius Calpurnius Piso;their son,Gaius Calpurnius Piso,was a conspirator against the Emperor Nero.
The gens Vitellia was a family of ancient Rome,which rose from obscurity in imperial times,and briefly held the Empire itself in AD 69. The first of this gens to obtain the consulship was Aulus Vitellius,uncle of the emperor Vitellius,in AD 32.
The gens Antonia was a Roman family of great antiquity,with both patrician and plebeian branches. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Titus Antonius Merenda,one of the second group of Decemviri called,in 450 BC,to help draft what became the Law of the Twelve Tables. The most prominent member of the gens was Marcus Antonius.
The gens Caetronia,occasionally written Cetronia,was a family at ancient Rome that flourished during the late Republic and early decades of the Empire. The nomen Caetronius is Etruscan in origin.
The gens Domitia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The first of the gens to achieve prominence was Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus,consul in 332 BC. His son,Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus Maximus,was consul in 283,and the first plebeian censor. The family produced several distinguished generals,and towards the end of the Republic,the Domitii were looked upon as one of the most illustrious gentes.
Gaius Manlius Valens was a Roman senator of the late first century AD. He was selected as consul ordinarius in his ninetieth year,serving with Gaius Antistius Vetus in AD 96.
Gaius Calpetanus Rantius Quirinalis Valerius Festus was a Roman senator,general,and amicus to each of the Flavian emperors. He proved his value to the Flavians when,as legatus legionis,or commander,of Legio III Augusta stationed in Africa,he assassinated the proconsul,who favored a rival of Vespasian during the Year of Four Emperors. He maintained his loyalty through the reigns of his sons Titus and Domitian,but fell out of favor during the latter's reign and was forced to commit suicide.
The gens Rubellia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned in the time of Augustus,and they achieved prominence during the first century,when two of them obtained the consulship:Gaius Rubellius Blandus in AD 18,and Lucius Rubellius Geminus in AD 29.
The gens Rubria was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are first mentioned in the time of the Gracchi,but they did not rise to prominence until imperial times. The first of the Rubrii to obtain the consulship was Rubrius Gallus,some time before AD 68.
Calpurnius Piso Galerianus was a man of the Calpurnia gens of ancient Rome who lived around the 1st century CE. He was the son of Gaius Calpurnius Piso. Gaius was married twice,to Livia Orestilla and later to Atria Galla,and it is unclear which of these women,if any,was Galerianus's biological mother.
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