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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Gaius Suetonius Paulinus

Battles of Gaius Suetonius Paulinus

1st century Roman general and provincial governor, AD 10 to AD 60

Gaius Suetonius Paulinus is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 60 and AD 69: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Italy (3), United Kingdom (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 961 km apart end to end, 320 km between engagements on average. Most belong to list of Roman civil wars and revolts (3), Roman conquest of Britain (1).

Battle of Watling StreetBattles of BedriacumFirst Battle of BedriacumSecond Battle of BedriacumMassacre of the Ninth LegionBattle of Watling StreetBattles of BedriacumFirst Battle of BedriacumSecond Battle of BedriacumMassacre of the Ninth LegionBerlinGenevaAmsterdamMilanFrankfurtBrusselsMunichPragueZürichLyon500 km48.486N, 5.519E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 60: 1 engagementsAD 69: 3 engagements3 in AD 69AD 60AD 69
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Watling Street, AD 60Battles of Bedriacum, AD 69First Battle of Bedriacum, AD 69Second Battle of Bedriacum, AD 69AD 60AD 69
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 60Battle of Watling StreetWatling Street, United KingdomRoman victory
14 April AD 69Battles of BedriacumCremona, Italy960 km SEVictory for Vitellius
14 April AD 69First Battle of BedriacumCremona, Italy0 km NVictory for Vitellius
25 October AD 69Second Battle of BedriacumCremona, Italy1 km SWVictory for Vitellius
date unknownMassacre of the Ninth LegionUnited KingdomRoman victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.