<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian" id="mwEQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vespasian">Vespasian</a> is proclaimed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_emperor" id="mwEg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roman emperor">Emperor of Rome</a>; his predecessor, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitellius" id="mwEw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vitellius">Vitellius</a>, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemonian_stairs" id="mwFA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gemonian stairs">Gemonian stairs</a>.<sup about="#mwt15" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_22#cite_note-1" id="mwFQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwFg">[1]</span></a></sup>
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