Lucius Salvius Otho Titianus was the elder brother of the Roman Emperor

Otho Marcus Otho (; born Marcus Salvius Otho; 28 April 32 – 16 April 69) was the seventh 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 Etr ...

(reigned 69 AD). As a

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, he was

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throu ...

in the year 52 as the colleague of

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, and appointed consul as his brother's colleague for the period from

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's murder to the end of February. Titianus was given the daily responsibilities of the emperor by Otho when Otho left Rome to halt the advance of Vitellius into Italy. Subsequently, Titianus was appointed

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in charge of the war by Otho and was present at the

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. Titianus was a member of the

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, serving as ''promagistrate'' at least five times beginning in the year 57 into the year 69. The

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awarded him the

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ar governorship of

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for the term 63/64.

Family

Titianus was married to Cocceia, sister of the future Emperor

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(reigned 96–98), with whom he had a son, Lucius Salvius Otho Cocceianus. Cocceianus rose to become consul around 80, but was later executed under orders of Emperor

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, for having observed his uncle Otho's birthday.Gallivan
"The Fasti for A. D. 70-96"
''Classical Quarterly'', 31 (1981), p. 209

References

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