Julius Classicus - Aftermath

Aftermath

Vespasian, now emperor, was ready to clean up the mess that the civil war had created. He dispatched an army led by his close ally Petilius Cerialis. As Cerialis advanced on Augusta Treverorum, capital of the Treviri, Classicus and Civilis tried to sow panic in the Roman army by alleging Vespasian had died. Cerialis, however, in a series of battles defeated the uprising and accepted the surrender of Civilis, who was probably executed. Classicus died in the aftermath as well.