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Ancient Coin of the Day: Today’s an Othonian anniversary, so here's a quick look at the coins of M. Salvius Otho as he attempts to legitimise his rule as Roman emperor. #ACOTD #Roman #Otho 🧵
Image: RIC Otho 7; ANS 1944.100.39833. Link – numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(…
Image: RIC Otho 7; ANS 1944.100.39833. Link – numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(…
By far Galba’s greatest failure was never to believe that others would seek to do what he had done, i.e. seize the imperial throne. In particular, he grossly underestimated the ambitions of his erstwhile ally, the governor of Lusitania, Marcus Salvius Otho.
Otho most likely ‘tied himself to Galba’s wagon’ from the belief that the elderly princeps (Galba was already 71 at the time of his troops declaring him emperor), who was also childless, would have to declare a successor.
