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| | Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 145 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | 1.) Paulinus was now looked upon as one of the first generals of the time, and while in Britain he was regarded by the people as the rival of Corbulo in military glory. |
 | | When Valens, the other general of Vitellius, had joined his forces to those of Caecina, Paulinus strongly recommended Otho not to risk a battle ; but his advice was overruled, and the result was the defeat at Bedriacum, and the ruin of Otho's cause. |
 | | He fell into the hands of Vitellius, and obtained his pardon by pleading, says Tacitus, " the necessary but not honourable excuse," that the defeat of Otho's army was owing to his treachery ; for which self-accusation, however, there was certainly no foundation. |
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