Deed — 3 authors face each other below

first battle of Bedriacum

kind: battle · April 69 CE — the editor’s frame · 3 mentions across 3 episodes of the record — counted by the house’s first pass receipt — the deed shelf, first pass receipt — the witness index

Otho's defeat by the Vitellian generals Caecina and Valens. The October battle on the same ground is second-bedriacum-69ce; the extract-v1 candidate 'battle-of-bedriacum' mixes the two and stays a candidate.

Where the accounts part — the record’s own argument; the witnesses below carry the receipts

Why Otho lost: Suetonius says treachery — a false parley used to cut down soldiers off guard; Tacitus gives command confusion and a rejected council of delay; Plutarch marches the army out under generals 'ignorant and ridiculous.' Betrayal, blunder, or folly — the columns will not agree, and the page says so.

The regnal line — the editor’s table of years, never the record’s voice

Anchored at 69 CE on the editor’s table of years .

· 69 CE — date secure ·

14 April 69 CE, between Otho's and Vitellius' armies near Bedriacum ('Betriacum' in the served Suetonius).

The accounts, side by side — each witness in its own words; every quote is the served record’s, linked to its episode

Plutarch · one account

11–13 the principal narrative The march out of Bedriacum and the defeat, from Otho's side.

Proculus therefore led them forth out of Bedriacum, and after a march of fifty furlongs pitched his camp Plut. Otho 11

Otho · Bernadotte Perrin, 1914–1926

Suetonius · one account

9 the principal narrative The biographer's verdict: a decisive battle lost 'through treachery.'

In the final and decisive struggle at Betriacum he was defeated, but through treachery. Suet. Otho 9

Otho · J. C. Rolfe, 1913

Tacitus · one account

2.39–2.45 the principal narrative The battle from both camps, with the command chaos leading in.

There he found that Fabius Valens had given the signal for battle, and that the troops were under arms. Tac. Hist. 2.41

The Histories · Alfred John Church & William Jackson Brodribb, 1864

Who stands in this deed — standing in the same episodes; counted by the house’s first pass

Otho — 3 episodes shared Valens — a candidate entry Castor — a candidate entry Othonianists — a candidate entry Paulinus — 1 episode shared Vitellius — 1 episode shared

Doors to the sister houses

logoi — the words

No door is cut to the word-house from this room yet. logoi.health keeps the words meanwhile.

mythoi — the stories

No door is cut to the story-house from this room yet. mythoi.health keeps the stories meanwhile.

The record here: The Histories, Herodotus — Godley, 1920–25 · Parallel Lives, Plutarch — Perrin, 1914–26 · 166 works · 12,119 episodes served

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