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Otho

32 - 69

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Otho (, OH-tho; born Marcus Salvius Otho; 28 April 32 – 16 April 69) was Roman emperor, ruling for three months from 15 January to 16 April 69. He was the second emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors. A member of a noble Etruscan family, Otho was initially a friend and courtier of the young emperor Nero until he was effectively banished to the governorship of the remote province of Lusitania in 58 following his wife Poppaea Sabina's affair with Nero. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otho has received more than 2,123,518 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Otho is the 448th most popular politician (down from 435th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Italy (up from 217th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Italian Politician.

Otho is most famous for being the only emperor of Rome who was not a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Otho ranks 448 out of 15,577Before him are Vitellius, Miklós Horthy, Pertinax, Guy of Lusignan, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, and Hongwu Emperor. After him are Merneptah, Babur, Alfred Rosenberg, Ögedei Khan, Mary of Burgundy, and Osman III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 32, Otho ranks 1After him are Ban Gu and Ban Chao. Among people deceased in 69, Otho ranks 3Before him are Galba and Vitellius. After him are James, brother of Jesus, Tigellinus, Sporus, Cartimandua, Evodius, Epaphroditus, and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Otho ranks 208 out of 4,668Before him are Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448), Pope Boniface IX (1350), Pope Clement XIII (1693), Vitellius (15), Pertinax (126), and Pope Clement IX (1600). After him are Adriano Celentano (1938), Enrico Caruso (1873), Sergio Leone (1929), Farinelli (1705), Pope Urban III (1200), and Pope Leo III (750).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Otho ranks 35Before him are Nerva (30), Galba (-3), Pompey (-106), Servius Tullius (-600), Vitellius (15), and Pertinax (126). After him are Lucius Verus (130), Didius Julianus (133), Giuseppe Mazzini (1805), Sonia Gandhi (1946), Sergio Mattarella (1941), and Valentinian III (419).