List of Roman Battles

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Salvete! Are you sure the result of the "Battle in the Alps" was Otho's forces victory? Because in the end Otho lost against Vitellius,didn't he? :?:

From Suetonius' Life of Otho, 9.2:
He was victorious in three contests, but they were of little moment: in the Alps, near Placentia, and "at Castor's", as the place is called. In the final and decisive struggle at Betriacum he was defeated, but through treachery. For hope of a conference was offered, and when his soldiers were led out in the belief that they were to discuss terms of peace, a battle was forced upon them unexpectedly, just as they were exchanging greetings with the foe. After the defeat, Otho at once resolved to take his own life, rather from a feeling of shame, as many have thought with good reason, and an unwillingness to persist in a struggle for imperial power at the expense of such danger to life and property, than from any despair of success or distrust of his troops; for even then he had a fresh and strong force which he had held in reserve for a second attempt, while others were on their way from Dalmatia, Pannonia, and Moesia. Even the defeated troops were not so crushed as not to undergo any danger, and even without support undertake to avenge their disgrace.