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Battle of Bedriacum (1st)
69
14 April 69
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Vitellian Civil War

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After overthrowing Galba, new Roman Emperor Otho faced Vitellius invading from the Rhineland and attempted to block him at the Po, south of Cremona near Bedriacum. The Vitellian Marshals Aulus Caecina Alienus and Fabius Valens secured a decisive victory and Otho kil led himself, ending just eight weeks’ reign. Vitellius himself was soon defeated at the same location.


   
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