In 69, the Year of the Four Emperors, Emperor Vitellius ordered troops from the Rhine borders redeployed to Italy to support him against the rebellion of Vespasian which Flaccus refused because he had heard rumors of a possible uprising of the Batavians. When Vitellius ordered forced recruitment of the Batavians, they rose in rebellion against the Romans.[2]
His indecision in which emperor to support (Vitellius or Vespasian), and his resulting inactivity in the containment of the Batavian rebellion, made his later reputation suffer in the works of Tacitus. He was murdered by his own troops (still loyal to Vitellius) after trying to celebrate the victory of Vespasian.[2]
References
^G. Camodeca, "Novità sui fasti consolari delle tavolette cerate della Campania", Publications de l'École française de Rome, 143 (1991), p. 52
hordeonius, flaccus, marcus, died, roman, senator, lived, during, first, century, suffect, consul, nundinium, march, april, colleague, gaius, calpetanus, rantius, sedatus, later, commander, rhine, army, during, batavian, rebellion, year, four, emperors, empero. Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus died 69 AD was a Roman senator who lived during the first century He was suffect consul for the nundinium of March to April 47 as the colleague of Gaius Calpetanus Rantius Sedatus and later commander of the Rhine army during the Batavian rebellion 1 In 69 the Year of the Four Emperors Emperor Vitellius ordered troops from the Rhine borders redeployed to Italy to support him against the rebellion of Vespasian which Flaccus refused because he had heard rumors of a possible uprising of the Batavians When Vitellius ordered forced recruitment of the Batavians they rose in rebellion against the Romans 2 His indecision in which emperor to support Vitellius or Vespasian and his resulting inactivity in the containment of the Batavian rebellion made his later reputation suffer in the works of Tacitus He was murdered by his own troops still loyal to Vitellius after trying to celebrate the victory of Vespasian 2 References Edit G Camodeca Novita sui fasti consolari delle tavolette cerate della Campania Publications de l Ecole francaise de Rome 143 1991 p 52 a b Livius org Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus Political officesPreceded byClaudius IV and Lucius Vitellius III Suffect consul of the Roman Empire47with Gaius Calpetanus Rantius Sedatus Succeeded byGnaeus Hosidius Geta andTitus Flavius Sabinusas Suffect consuls This article about an Ancient Roman politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hordeonius Flaccus amp oldid 979389015, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
