Hist. 2.46.1Forte inter Padum viamque patentī campō duae legiōnēs congressae sunt, prō Vitelliō ūnaetvīcēnsima, cui cognōmen Rapācī, vetere glōriā īnsignis, ē parte Othōnis prīma Adiūtrīx, nōn ante in aciem dēducta, sed ferōx et novī decoris avida.As it happened, on open ground between the Po and the road two legions met, for Vitellius the Twenty-First, surnamed Rapax, distinguished by old renown, on Otho's side the First Adiutrix, never before led into battle, but fierce and greedy for its first glory. Hist. 2.46.1Prīmānī strātīs ūnaetvīcēnsimānōrum prīncipiīs aquilam abstulēre;The men of the First overthrew the front ranks of the Twenty-First and carried off their eagle; Hist. 2.46.1quō dolōre accēnsa legiō et impulit rūrsus prīmānōs, interfectō Orfidiō Benignō lēgātō, et plūrima signa vēxillaque ex hostibus rapuit.stung by this indignity, the legion both drove back the men of the First in turn, killing their legate Orfidius Benignus, and seized a great many standards and banners from the enemy. Hist. 2.46.1Ā parte aliā prōpulsa quīntānōrum impetū tertia decima legiō, circumventī plūrium adcursū quārtadecimānī.On another part of the field the Thirteenth legion was driven back by an onslaught of the Fifth, and the men of the Fourteenth were surrounded by a rush of greater numbers.
Hist. 2.46.1Et ducibus Othōnis iam prīdem profugīs Caecīna ac Valēns subsidiīs suōs firmābant.And, since Otho's generals had long since fled, Caecina and Valens were strengthening their men with reserves. Hist. 2.46.1Accessit recēns auxilium, Vārus Alfēnus cum Batāvīs, fūsā gladiātōrum manū, quam nāvibus trānsvectam obpositae cohortēs in ipsō flūmine trucīdāverant: ita victōrēs latus hostium invectī.Fresh help arrived, Varus Alfenus with the Batavians, after routing the band of gladiators which had been ferried across in boats and which the cohorts posted opposite had slaughtered in the river itself: so, as victors, they charged into the enemy's flank.