Histories 2.24

Hist. 2.24.1Spurinna compertō itinere hostium dēfēnsam Placentiam, quaeque ācta et quid Caecīna parāret, Annium Gallum per litterās docet.Spurinna, having learned the enemy's route, informs Annius Gallus by letter that Placentia had been defended, and what had been done and what Caecina was preparing. Hist. 2.24.1Gallus legiōnem prīmam in auxilium Placentiae dūcēbat, diffīsus paucitātī cohortium, nē longius obsidium et vim Germānicī exercitūs parum tolerārent.Gallus was leading the First Legion to the help of Placentia, distrusting the small number of the cohorts, in case they should not withstand a longer siege and the force of the German army. Hist. 2.24.1Ubi pulsum Caecīnam pergere Cremōnam accēpit, aegrē coercitam legiōnem et pugnandī ardōre ūsque ad sēditiōnem prōgressam Bedriacī sistit.When he learned that Caecina had been repulsed and was making for Cremona, he halted at Bedriacum the legion, which had been restrained with difficulty and in its ardour for battle had gone as far as mutiny. Hist. 2.24.1Inter Vērōnam Cremōnamque situs est vīcus, duābus iam Rōmānīs clādibus notus īnfaustusque.Bedriacum is a village situated between Verona and Cremona, now notorious and ill-starred because of two Roman disasters.