 Presumably Valerius Messallinus was then sent to defend Salona.According to Cassius Dio, Bato the Daesitiate went east to the other Bato and made an alliance with him.This contrasts with the picture given by Velleius Paterculus, in which the rebellion seemed to have a plan and the Dalmatians and the Breuci seemed to have acted in concert from the beginning.