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Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 17 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 18 (search)
Spurinna,
who now held Placentia, was sure that Cæcina
had not yet arrived, and that, even were he approaching, he ought to keep
his men within their fortifications, and not confront a veteran army with
three Prætorian cohorts, a thousand veterans, and a handful of
cavalry. But the undisciplined and inexperienced soldiery seized their
standards and colours, and rushed to the attack, brandishing their weapons
in the face of their general when he sought to restrain them, and spurning
from them the tribunes and centurions, and even crying out that Otho was
betrayed and that Cæcina had come by invitation. Spurinna associated
himself with the rash movement which others had originated, at first acting
under compulsion, but afterwards pretending to consent, in the hope that his
counsels might have more influence should the mutinous spirit aba
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 19 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 20 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 21 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 23 (search)
Spurinna, on discovering the enemy's route, informed Annius Gallus by letter
of the successful defence of Placentia, of what had
happened, and of what Cæcina intended to do. Gallus was then bringing
up the first legion to the relief of Placentia; he
hardly dared trust so few cohorts, fearing that they could not sustain a
prolonged siege or the formidable attack of the German army. On hearing that
Cæcina had been repulsed, and was making his way to Cremona, though the legion could hardly bPlacentia; he
hardly dared trust so few cohorts, fearing that they could not sustain a
prolonged siege or the formidable attack of the German army. On hearing that
Cæcina had been repulsed, and was making his way to Cremona, though the legion could hardly be restrained,
and in its eagerness for action, even went to the length of open mutiny, he
halted at Bedriacum. This is a village situated
between Verona and Cremona,
and has now acquired an ill-omened celebrity by two great days of disaster
to Rome. About the same time Martius Macer fought a
successful battle not far from Cremona. Martius, who
was a man of energy, conveyed his gladiators in boats across the Padus, and suddenly threw them upon the opposite bank.
The Vitellianist auxilia
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 24 (search)
Meanwhile, brilliant successes were gained under the command of
Celsus and Paullinus. Cæcina was greatly annoyed by the fruitlessness
of all his undertakings, and by the waning reputation of his army. He had
been repulsed from Placentia; his auxiliaries had
been recently cut up, and even when the skirmishers had met in a series of
actions, frequent indeed, but not worth relating, he had been worsted; and
now that Valens was coming up, fearful that all the distinctions of the
campaign would centre in that general, he made a hasty attempt to retrieve
his credit, but with more impetuosity than prudence. Twelve miles from Cremona (at a place called the Castors) he posted some
of the bravest of his auxiliaries, concealed in the woods that there
overhang the road. The cavalry were ordered to move forward, and, after
provoking a battle, voluntarily to retreat, and draw on the enemy in hasty
pursuit, till the ambuscade could make a simultaneous attack. The scheme was
betrayed to
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 32 (search)
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 36 (search)
The conflict was terminated
by the flight of the vanquished, who carried off what boats were left. Then
they cried out for the execution of Macer. He had been wounded by a javelin
thrown from a distance, and the soldiers had made a rush upon him with drawn
swords, when he was saved by the interference of the tribunes and
centurions. Soon after Vestricius Spurinna, having received orders to that
effect from Otho, joined with his cohorts, leaving but a moderate force in
garrison at Placentia. After this Otho sent Flavius
Sabinus, consul elect, to take the command of the troops which had been
under Macer; the soldiers were delighted by this change of generals, while
the generals were led by these continual outbreaks to regard with disgust so
hateful a service.
Cornelius Tacitus, The History (ed. Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb), BOOK
II, chapter 49 (search)