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Vitellius

Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, born Aulus Vitellius and commonly known as Vitellius , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 16 April 69 to 22 December of the same year....
, the father of the emperor Vitellius
Vitellius

Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, born Aulus Vitellius and commonly known as Vitellius , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 16 April 69 to 22 December of the same year....
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For his other son, the emperor's brother, see Lucius Vitellius the younger
Lucius Vitellius the younger

Lucius Vitellius was a Roman who lived in the 1st century. He was the second son of Lucius Vitellius and Sextilia and younger brother of emperor Aulus Vitellius....
. Lucius Vitellius Veteris (the Elder) (before 5 BC - 51) was the youngest of four sons of quaestor

Quaestor

Quaestor is a type of public official.In the Roman Republic a quaestor was an elected official who supervised the treasury and financial affairs of the state, its armies and its officers....
Publius Vitellius and the only one of them not to die through politics.

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Quaestor

Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
, he was Consul

Roman consul

Consul was the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the Consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the head of government for the Republic....
in 34 and Governor

Roman governor

A Roman governor was an official either elected or appointed to be the chief administrator of Roman law throughout one or more of the many Roman province constituting the Roman Empire....
of Syria

Syria

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in 35. He supported Emperor Caligula

Caligula

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
and was a favorite of Emperor Claudius

Claudius

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
' wife Empress Valeria Messalina

Messalina

Valeria Messalina, sometimes spelled Messallina, was a Ancient Rome Empress as the third wife of Roman Emperor Claudius. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she conspired against her husband and was executed when the plot was discovered....
. During Claudius

Claudius

Roman consul

Rome

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while the Roman Emperor

Roman Emperor

The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
was absent on his invasion of Britain

Roman Britain

Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410. The Romans referred to their province as Britannia....
. Around the time that Claudius married Agrippina the Younger

Agrippina the Younger

Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor , was a great granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, great niece and adoptive granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius, sister to Emperor Caligula, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Emperor Nero....
in 48 or 49 Vitellius, served as a Censor.

He wielded great influence and was known for his outstanding character, though at one point a Roman Senator accused him of treason

Treason

In law, treason is the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of loyalty to one's sovereignty or nation. Historically, treason also covered the murder of specific social superiors, such as the murder of a husband by his wife ....
. He died of paralysis

Paralysis

Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. Paralysis can cause loss of feeling or loss of mobility in the affected area....
in 51. Lucius received a state funeral and had a statue on the rostra ‘steadfast loyal to the Emperor’.

Lucius married a Roman woman called Sextilia

Sextilia

Sextilia was the mother of Lucius Vitellius the Younger and Vitellius. Sextilia came from a distinguished family and lived intimately with imperial intrigue....
, a reputable woman from a distinguished family. She gave birth to two sons and they were:

Aulus Vitellius
Vitellius

Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, born Aulus Vitellius and commonly known as Vitellius , was a Roman Emperors who reigned from 16 April 69 to 22 December of the same year....
Germanicus, who was the short lived Emperor in 69
Lucius Vitellius
Lucius Vitellius the younger

Lucius Vitellius was a Roman who lived in the 1st century. He was the second son of Lucius Vitellius and Sextilia and younger brother of emperor Aulus Vitellius....

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