Sextilia

After the death of Galba, on 2 January 69 CE the troops in Lower Germany declared Vitellius emperor.

More in response to Vitellius's loose regard for discipline than as a measure of his leadership qualities, the troops hailed him a second Germanicus, in reference to the able soldier and son of the younger Antonia who was Tiberius's probable heir.

When Sextilia first learned of her son's rise to power, she was said to have responded that she had borne a libertine Vitellius, not a Germanicus.

[1] In Rome, Sextilia and Galeria Fundana were in some danger as Marcus Salvius Otho challenged Vitellius.

Vitellius defeated Otho, and on his arrival in Rome, he embraced Sextilia and declared her Augusta.