_September_
Antonius surprises a Vitellian detachment at Forum Alieni.
Antonius surprises a Vitellian detachment at Forum Alieni.
Tacitus
g.
Cluvius Rufus (cp.
i.
8), the elder Pliny (cp.
iii.
28),
and Vipstanus Messala (cp. iii, 9, 25, 28).
[460] i. e. at Hostilia, coming back from Padua.
Oxford: Horace Hart, Printer to the University
* * * * *
TACITUS
THE HISTORIES
TRANSLATED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
BY
W. HAMILTON FYFE
FELLOW OF MERTON COLLEGE
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME II
OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1912
HENRY FROWDE
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK
TORONTO AND MELBOURNE
SUMMARY OF CHIEF EVENTS
I. THE FIGHT FOR THE THRONE
A. D. 69.
_September_
Antonius surprises a Vitellian detachment at Forum Alieni.
At Padua the Pannonian legions arrive.
He fortifies Verona. The Moesian legions arrive.
Caecina holds Cremona with Legs. I Italica and XXI Rapax and
cavalry.
He encamps with the rest of his force near Hostilia on the
Tartaro.
Valens dawdles northward with three praetorian cohorts.
_October_
The fleet at Ravenna declares for Vespasian.
Caecina attempts treachery and is imprisoned by his army, which
starts on a forced march to Cremona.
Antonius starts from Verona to intercept them.
27. Second Battle of Bedriacum. Legs. I Italica and XXI Rapax sally
from Cremona and are driven back by Antonius.
The six legions from Hostilia reach Cremona.
and Vipstanus Messala (cp. iii, 9, 25, 28).
[460] i. e. at Hostilia, coming back from Padua.
Oxford: Horace Hart, Printer to the University
* * * * *
TACITUS
THE HISTORIES
TRANSLATED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
BY
W. HAMILTON FYFE
FELLOW OF MERTON COLLEGE
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME II
OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1912
HENRY FROWDE
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK
TORONTO AND MELBOURNE
SUMMARY OF CHIEF EVENTS
I. THE FIGHT FOR THE THRONE
A. D. 69.
_September_
Antonius surprises a Vitellian detachment at Forum Alieni.
At Padua the Pannonian legions arrive.
He fortifies Verona. The Moesian legions arrive.
Caecina holds Cremona with Legs. I Italica and XXI Rapax and
cavalry.
He encamps with the rest of his force near Hostilia on the
Tartaro.
Valens dawdles northward with three praetorian cohorts.
_October_
The fleet at Ravenna declares for Vespasian.
Caecina attempts treachery and is imprisoned by his army, which
starts on a forced march to Cremona.
Antonius starts from Verona to intercept them.
27. Second Battle of Bedriacum. Legs. I Italica and XXI Rapax sally
from Cremona and are driven back by Antonius.
The six legions from Hostilia reach Cremona.
