#OnThisDay - 24 September - in AD 15 Aulus Vitellius was born. He would reign as Roman Emperor from 16 April-22 December AD 69. Tacitus described him as “ignorant of all law, human and divine” (Hist.2.91). #History 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 72; ANS 1967.152.354. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 72; ANS 1967.152.354. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
September 24, 2026 at 9:21 AM
#OnThisDay - 24 September - in AD 15 Aulus Vitellius was born. He would reign as Roman Emperor from 16 April-22 December AD 69. Tacitus described him as “ignorant of all law, human and divine” (Hist.2.91). #History 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 72; ANS 1967.152.354. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 72; ANS 1967.152.354. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Broke: Romans were Italian
Woke: Romans were Italian-American
Woke: Romans were Italian-American
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Broke: Romans were Italian
Woke: Romans were Italian-American
Woke: Romans were Italian-American
emperor vitellius plans to dismantle legionary land grants in Dalmatia and strip retiring centurions of the right to march in a triumph when returning to rome
Trump and Elon Musk plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and strip transitioning military veterans and their families overseas of the generous federal hiring incentives they rely on.
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www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump and Musk Are Going to War Against Military Veterans
Donald Trump’s new order gives Musk and DOGE carte blanche and sets limits on hiring veterans and transitioning active duty military personnel.
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February 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
emperor vitellius plans to dismantle legionary land grants in Dalmatia and strip retiring centurions of the right to march in a triumph when returning to rome
Aulus Vitellius has been confirmed as the new CEO of OpenAI
November 21, 2023 at 12:22 AM
Aulus Vitellius has been confirmed as the new CEO of OpenAI
#OnThisDay - 24 September - in AD 15 Aulus Vitellius was born. He would reign as Roman Emperor from 16 April-22 December AD 69. Tacitus described him as “ignorant of all law, human and divine” (Hist.2.91). #History 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 72; ANS 1967.152.354. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 72; ANS 1967.152.354. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
September 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
#OnThisDay - 24 September - in AD 15 Aulus Vitellius was born. He would reign as Roman Emperor from 16 April-22 December AD 69. Tacitus described him as “ignorant of all law, human and divine” (Hist.2.91). #History 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 72; ANS 1967.152.354. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 72; ANS 1967.152.354. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Likely #OnThisDay - 3 January or thereabouts - in AD 69 the legions of Colonia and Mainz refuse to swear allegiance to Galba, instead declaring for the governor of Lower Germany, Aulus Vitellius. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 52; BM (1867,0101.636). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 52; BM (1867,0101.636). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
January 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Likely #OnThisDay - 3 January or thereabouts - in AD 69 the legions of Colonia and Mainz refuse to swear allegiance to Galba, instead declaring for the governor of Lower Germany, Aulus Vitellius. #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 52; BM (1867,0101.636). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 52; BM (1867,0101.636). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Go ahead and tell me that you'd be shocked to hear a New York or New Jersey accent coming out of actual Roman Emperor Vitellius.
July 19, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Go ahead and tell me that you'd be shocked to hear a New York or New Jersey accent coming out of actual Roman Emperor Vitellius.
Je sais pas ce qui est pire, que quelqu'un ait eu l'idée de faire un décapsuleur avec la tête de ce pauvre Vitellius, ou que quelqu'un qui ait hérité dudit décapsuleur confonde ledit imperator avec Napoléon
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Je sais pas ce qui est pire, que quelqu'un ait eu l'idée de faire un décapsuleur avec la tête de ce pauvre Vitellius, ou que quelqu'un qui ait hérité dudit décapsuleur confonde ledit imperator avec Napoléon
#ClassicsTober24 Day 26 - Vitellius
Rome descended into chaos after the death of Nero and Vitellius ruled from April to December in 69 CE. He was the most successful contender for the purple in Rome but Vespasian had the greater military support which sealed Vitellius’ fate…
#AncientBluesky🏺
Rome descended into chaos after the death of Nero and Vitellius ruled from April to December in 69 CE. He was the most successful contender for the purple in Rome but Vespasian had the greater military support which sealed Vitellius’ fate…
#AncientBluesky🏺
October 26, 2024 at 6:55 PM
#ClassicsTober24 Day 26 - Vitellius
Rome descended into chaos after the death of Nero and Vitellius ruled from April to December in 69 CE. He was the most successful contender for the purple in Rome but Vespasian had the greater military support which sealed Vitellius’ fate…
#AncientBluesky🏺
Rome descended into chaos after the death of Nero and Vitellius ruled from April to December in 69 CE. He was the most successful contender for the purple in Rome but Vespasian had the greater military support which sealed Vitellius’ fate…
#AncientBluesky🏺
#OnThisDay - 19 April - in AD 69 the Arval Brethren undertook sacrifice "in honour of the day on which [Vitellius] Germanicus Imperator came to power, decreed to have been 19 April" (AFA 40.1, 84-89). #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP-7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP-7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
April 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
#OnThisDay - 19 April - in AD 69 the Arval Brethren undertook sacrifice "in honour of the day on which [Vitellius] Germanicus Imperator came to power, decreed to have been 19 April" (AFA 40.1, 84-89). #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP-7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP-7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Likely #OnThisDay - 3 January or thereabouts - in AD 69 the legions of Colonia and Mainz refuse to swear allegiance to Galba, instead declaring for the governor of Lower Germany, Aulus Vitellius. #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 52; BM (1867,0101.636). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 52; BM (1867,0101.636). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
January 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Likely #OnThisDay - 3 January or thereabouts - in AD 69 the legions of Colonia and Mainz refuse to swear allegiance to Galba, instead declaring for the governor of Lower Germany, Aulus Vitellius. #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 52; BM (1867,0101.636). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 52; BM (1867,0101.636). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Is Bilbo related to Emperor Vitellius?
December 26, 2023 at 4:25 PM
Is Bilbo related to Emperor Vitellius?
#OnThisDay - 18 July - in AD 69 Vitellius took office as Pontifex Maximus. Tacitus (Hist. 2.91) notes that the date was considered unlucky, being the anniversary of the Battle of the Allia. 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 106; Münzkabinett Berlin (18228013). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 106; Münzkabinett Berlin (18228013). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
July 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#OnThisDay - 18 July - in AD 69 Vitellius took office as Pontifex Maximus. Tacitus (Hist. 2.91) notes that the date was considered unlucky, being the anniversary of the Battle of the Allia. 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 106; Münzkabinett Berlin (18228013). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 106; Münzkabinett Berlin (18228013). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
#OnThisDay - 19 April - in AD 69 the Arval Brethren undertook a sacrifice "in honour of the day on which [Vitellius] Germanicus Imperator came to power, decreed to have been 19 April" (AFA 40.1, 84-89). #History 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP-7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP-7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
April 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
#OnThisDay - 19 April - in AD 69 the Arval Brethren undertook a sacrifice "in honour of the day on which [Vitellius] Germanicus Imperator came to power, decreed to have been 19 April" (AFA 40.1, 84-89). #History 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP-7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP-7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
The bimbing will continue until morale like, improves! 🎉
...also I planted more trees today :3 Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian and Titus! English Oaks & Horse Chestnuts 🩷
...also I planted more trees today :3 Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian and Titus! English Oaks & Horse Chestnuts 🩷
December 28, 2024 at 3:37 PM
The bimbing will continue until morale like, improves! 🎉
...also I planted more trees today :3 Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian and Titus! English Oaks & Horse Chestnuts 🩷
...also I planted more trees today :3 Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian and Titus! English Oaks & Horse Chestnuts 🩷
Hwaet! The Beowulf manuscript (Cotton MS Vitellius A XV) is now back online.
You can consult the entire manuscript through the online catalogue:
searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-...
You can consult the entire manuscript through the online catalogue:
searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-...
March 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Hwaet! The Beowulf manuscript (Cotton MS Vitellius A XV) is now back online.
You can consult the entire manuscript through the online catalogue:
searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-...
You can consult the entire manuscript through the online catalogue:
searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-...
#OnThisDay - 30 April - in AD 69 the Arval Brethren record that Vitellius received the key imperial power of 'Tribunicia Potestas', "that designation for the highest exaltedness" (Tacitus, Annals 3.56). #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
April 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
#OnThisDay - 30 April - in AD 69 the Arval Brethren record that Vitellius received the key imperial power of 'Tribunicia Potestas', "that designation for the highest exaltedness" (Tacitus, Annals 3.56). #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Vitellius 82; BnF (IMP7337). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Big news - House GOP caucus just nominated Vitellius for Princeps.
October 24, 2023 at 5:35 PM
Big news - House GOP caucus just nominated Vitellius for Princeps.
The bloomin onion alone would have immediately killed every Roman Emperor except maybe Vitellius
Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar couldn't even begin to dream of the Bloomin Onion. The average citizen of a modern country lives a more opulent lifestyle than the Emperors and Kings of old!
January 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The bloomin onion alone would have immediately killed every Roman Emperor except maybe Vitellius
My favourite Beowulf fact is that the British Library's shelfmark for it is Cotton Vitellius A.xv, which means that Robert Cotton kept it on the set of shelves that were surmounted by a bust of Vitellius, the 15th book on the 1st shelf (A).
Why yes, I am always in demand at parties, why do you ask.
Why yes, I am always in demand at parties, why do you ask.
September 24, 2026 at 2:29 PM
My favourite Beowulf fact is that the British Library's shelfmark for it is Cotton Vitellius A.xv, which means that Robert Cotton kept it on the set of shelves that were surmounted by a bust of Vitellius, the 15th book on the 1st shelf (A).
Why yes, I am always in demand at parties, why do you ask.
Why yes, I am always in demand at parties, why do you ask.
JW: The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules (1964) aka Maciste, Gladiator of Sparta - Mark Forest stars as Maciste, although for some reason in the English dub his name is Poseidon. He fights in the arena for the amusement of the Nero-like Roman Emperor Vitellius (Franco Cobianchi).
September 27, 2026 at 5:38 AM
JW: The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules (1964) aka Maciste, Gladiator of Sparta - Mark Forest stars as Maciste, although for some reason in the English dub his name is Poseidon. He fights in the arena for the amusement of the Nero-like Roman Emperor Vitellius (Franco Cobianchi).
Fancy a bit of fun ancient history on a Sunday afternoon? Come along to the Southbank centre on 6 Sept (tix here: tinyurl.com/62e2jaww). Jo Quinn and I are talking about facts and falsehoods from ancient world, from democracy to flat earths; here at home with emperor Vitellius!
August 26, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Fancy a bit of fun ancient history on a Sunday afternoon? Come along to the Southbank centre on 6 Sept (tix here: tinyurl.com/62e2jaww). Jo Quinn and I are talking about facts and falsehoods from ancient world, from democracy to flat earths; here at home with emperor Vitellius!