10-24-2010, 06:49 PM
October 24, 51 AD: Birth of Titus Flavius Domitianus (Domitian), Roman Emperor (81-96).
October 24, 69 AD: Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies and loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius. The legions III Gallica, VIII Augusta and VII Claudia had been made to swear allegiance to Vitellius after the defeat of Otho, but changed their loyalty to Vespasian as soon as they heard of his bid, with the legions of the East. VII Galbiana and XIII Gemina joined them, and together they faced a force sent by Vitellius, conssiting of XXI Rapax, V Alaudae, I Italica and XXII Primigenia together with detachments from seven other legions and a force of auxiliaries. The armies met along the Via Postuma towards Cremona, and fighting continued through the night, when at sunrise the soldiers og III Gallica greeted the sun, and the troops of Vitellius lost heart upon seeing this, believing they greeted reinforcements from the East.
October 24, 69 AD: Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies and loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius. The legions III Gallica, VIII Augusta and VII Claudia had been made to swear allegiance to Vitellius after the defeat of Otho, but changed their loyalty to Vespasian as soon as they heard of his bid, with the legions of the East. VII Galbiana and XIII Gemina joined them, and together they faced a force sent by Vitellius, conssiting of XXI Rapax, V Alaudae, I Italica and XXII Primigenia together with detachments from seven other legions and a force of auxiliaries. The armies met along the Via Postuma towards Cremona, and fighting continued through the night, when at sunrise the soldiers og III Gallica greeted the sun, and the troops of Vitellius lost heart upon seeing this, believing they greeted reinforcements from the East.
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
