Otho (32 AD-69 AD),Roman emperor. Otho,the seventh emperor of the Roman Empire,reigned during the Year of the Four Emperors for three months from January 69 AD to his suicide in April to avoid civil war. This artwork is from a 1691 Dutch edition of a collection of works by the Roman historian Suetonius,best known for his 121 AD work 'De Vita Caesarum' (On the Life of the Caesars,or 'The Twelve Caesars'). The Latin text at bottom describes the emperor and names the engraver of this artwork as Joannes Schildius. The editor of the book was the German philologist Johannes G. Graevius (1622-1703) | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Middle Temple Library |
Bildgröße: | 3549 px × 4953 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
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