Cecinna
Family: Roman · Role: general of Vitellius · First appears: Book IV, Chapter 9
Cecinna was a Roman general serving Vitellius. In Book IV, Chapter 9, he was one of Vitellius’s generals who fought Otho at Betriacum in Gaul.
By Chapter 11, Cecinna marched from Rome and found Antonius Primus near Cremona. Seeing that Antonius Primus’s forces were numerous and well ordered, he “durst not fight them”; instead, he persuaded his centurions and tribunes to desert Vitellius and go over to Antonius Primus. Cecinna was received by Vespasian, who covered the scandal of his treachery with unexpected honors.
Relationship record
Life events
- Cecinna and his army deserted Vitellius and went over to Antonius.(Book IV, Chapter 11 · 📍 Cremona)
- With: Antonius Primus Vitellius (Roman emperor)
- “but when he saw there that the enemy were numerous and in good order, he durst not fight them; and as he thought a retreat dangerous, so he began to think of betraying his army to Antonius. Accordingly, he assembled the centurions and tribunes that were under his command, and persuaded them to go over to Antonius”
Book IV, Chapter 9
- with Vitellius (Roman emperor) (Cecinna was a general serving Vitellius.) “when he gave battle to Valens and Cecinna, who were Vitellius's generals, at Betriacum, in Gaul,”
- enemies with Otho (Cecinna fought against Otho as a general of Vitellius.) “But when he gave battle to Valens and Cecinna, who were Vitellius's generals, at Betriacum, in Gaul,”
Book IV, Chapter 11
- with Vitellius (Roman emperor) (Vitellius sent Cecinna as a military commander.) “whereupon Vitellius sent away Cecinna, with a great army, having a mighty confidence in him”
- enemies with Antonius Primus (Cecinna and Antonius commanded opposing forces.) “This Cecinna marched out of Rome in great haste, and found Antonius about Cremona in Gall, which city is in the borders of Italy; but when he saw there that the enemy were numerous and in good order, he durst not fight them”
- enemies with Otho (Cecinna had defeated Otho.) “having a mighty confidence in him, because of his having beaten Otho.”
- with Antonius Primus (Cecinna planned to defect to Antonius Primus.) “so he began to think of betraying his army to Antonius.”
- patron: Vespasian (Vespasian received and honored Cecinna after his defection.) “So he came, and was received by him, and covered the scandal of his treachery by the unexpected honors he received from Vespasian.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.