 Caecina was then forced to quickly return to Moesia, as Dacian and Sarmatian raiders were causing havoc in the province.For the next two years he continued to fight the rebels in Illyricum, inflicting another defeat on them in 8 AD as they attempted to prevent him marching to link up in Pannonia with Germanicus, the heir of Augustus' successor, Tiberius.The revolt was finally put down in 9 AD.