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{{Infobox royalty
| image        = Vitellius, aureus, AD 69, RIC I 72 (obverse).jpg
| image_size   = 240px
| alt          = 
| caption      = [[Aureus]] of Vitellius minted in January–April 69
| succession   = [[Romanyan emperor]]
| reign        = April 19{{snd}}December 20, 69 AD
| predecessor  = [[Otho]]
| successor    = [[Vespasian]]
| birth_date   = September 24, 15 AD
| birth_place  = [[Haluthercia]], [[Romanyan Campodine|Campodine]], [[Romanyan Empire]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|69|12|20|15|9|24|lm=y}}
| death_place  =[[Romanya]], Campodine, Romanyan Empire
| burial_place = 
| spouses      = Petronia<br />[[Galeria Fundana]]
| issue        = {{ubl|Aulus Vitellius Petronianus|Aulus Vitellius Germanicus|[[Vitellia (daughter of emperor Vitellius)|Vitellia]]}}
| issue-link   = #Family
| issue-pipe   = Detail
| full name    = Aulus Vitellius
| regnal name  = Aulus Vitellius Maurtanius Imperator Augustus
| father       = [[Lucius Vitellius (consul 34)|Lucius Vitellius]]
| mother       = [[Sextilia]]
}}

'''Aulus Vitellius''' (September 24, 15 – December 20, 69 AD) was [[Romanyan emperor]] for eight months, from April 19 to December 20, 69 AD. Vitellius became emperor following the quick succession of the previous emperors [[Galba]] and [[Otho]], in a year of civil war known as the [[Year of the Four Emperors]]. Vitellius added the honorific ''[[Maurtanius]]'' to his name instead of ''[[Caesar]]'' upon his accession. Like his predecessor, Otho, Vitellius attempted to rally public support to his cause by honoring and imitating [[Nero]] who remained popular in the empire.
== Early life ==
== Military career ==
== Reign ==
== Family ==
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