-
commanded by
Aulus Caecina Alienus and the
other by
Fabius Valens. The
Vitellian forces included legions XXI Rapax, V Alaudae, and
powerful vexillationes...
- Cremona. At a
short distance from
Cremona they
unexpectedly encountered the
Vitellian troops. The Othonians,
though at a disadvantage,
fought desperately, but...
- The
decisive clash came at the
Second Battle of Bedria****,
where the
Vitellians were defeated. The III
Gallica had
during its
service in
Syria adopted...
-
probably to
recruit additional soldiers,
eventually joining with the
Vitellian army led by
Caecina at Cremona. By then
Galba had been
killed and Otho...
- bravely, but now I am slandered, like
being either an
Aquillius or a
Vitellian. I am the
bitterest enemy of the
former kings, so I shouldn't be accused...
- but of a
Roman hoping to
secure a
position of
power by
supporting the
Vitellian faction in the
civil war
which followed the
death of Nero. Tacitus. Histories...
-
without success to
defect to Vespasian. This
undermined the
morale of the
Vitellian legions, and they were
decisively defeated at the
Second Battle of Bedria****...
- house,
proclaiming Vespasian as Emperor, but the
multitude dis****d when
Vitellian cohorts clashed with the
armed escort of Sabinus, who was
forced to retreat...
-
intercept Vitellian messengers and
detain a
Roman detachment.
Aulus Caecina Alienus, a
former supporter of
Galba who was now at the head of a
Vitellian invasion...
- supporters.
Advancing into Italy, he
gained a
decisive victory over the
Vitellians at Bedria**** in
October 69, and on the same day
stormed and
captured Cremona...
