Plutarch Parallel Lives: Otho

Marcus Salvius Otho; 28 April 32 – 16 April 69) was the second emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors following Galba.
Plutarch details Otho's early life as a friend of Nero, his exile to Lusitania, his alliance with Galba, his eventual rise to the emperorship, and his eventual suicide following a significant defeat.

This biography is about 9 pages long.

We will be referencing this reading
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Otho*.html

This is a reading group in which we read from Plutarch's Parallel Lives about the virtues and faults of great leaders from ancient Greece and Rome. At the end of each life, we rate them for their leadership quality, virtues, entertaining reading, and legacy.
For our leader scoreboard, check out this Google doc:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K66HPHPO_elctuHjCLAWnv5w_3HCY8YbxEK4SgCa_Gg/edit#gid=0

For questions please send me a message or post to meetup.
Zita