Power Shifts in the Clash of Blades! The 69 AD Battle of Bedriacum-II

Añadido: 2026-05-06

[00:00:00]On the flanks, fierce Batavian cohorts shatter Otho's gladiatorial [screaming] auxiliaries as cavalry circles the plain.

[00:00:07]The line collapses. Otho's army completely routed, chased down and mercilessly slaughtered.

[00:00:14]The next morning, the survivors surrender at Bedriacum.

[00:00:19]The Roman brothers embrace and grieve over the tragic cost of civil war.

[00:00:26]>> [screaming] >> At Brixellum, Emperor Otho receives the bitter news.

[00:00:31]Refusing to prolong the bloodshed, the 36-year-old [music] emperor delivers a calm farewell.

[00:00:38]On April 16, he falls on his sword.

[00:00:41]Thus ends the Battle of Bedriacum.