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The Battle of Bedriacum refers to two battles fought during the Year of the Four Emperors (AD 69) near the village of Bedriacum (now Calvatone), about 35 kilometers (22 mi) from the town of Cremona in northern Italy. The fighting in fact took place between Bedriacum and Cremona, and the battles are sometimes called "First Cremona" and "Second Cremona".
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who had been acclaimed by the legions of the Rhine on 1 January 69. Vitellius won the First BattleofBedriacum on 14 April, defeating the emperor. Otho...
which met Vitellius' army at the BattleofBedriacum. After initial fighting resulted in 40,000 casualties, and a retreat of his forces, Otho committed suicide...
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in the Second BattleofBedriacum, which resulted in a victory for Vespasian and his accession as emperor. In 70 AD, Legio XI was part of the expeditionary...
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first recruits. In the confusing Year of the Four Emperors, the legion fought in Otho's army in the BattleofBedriacum, where this emperor was defeated by...
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of a politician or monarch. It may be done by coup, impeachment, invasion, or forced abdication. The term may also refer to the official removal of a...
Four Emperors in 69 AD, there were two BattlesofBedriacum, both decisive conflicts. The first ended in the death of Otho, who killed himself in order to...
officer who had fought for Otho and against Vitellius at the first BattleofBedriacum, and that Vespasian basically controlled history when he ascended...
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BattleofBedriacum, Varus opened the battle with an impetuous attack on the lead elements; although initially successful, as increasing numbers of Vitellian...
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the Roman emperor Vitellius, and was sent into Germany after the BattleofBedriacum in the year 69. Tacitus mentions that Montanus and his men accepted...
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