The three officers in command of the legions held an equal authority, and if Vitellius' cause had prospered, would have each outbid the other for his favour:
hiri-legioetako legatuek, boterean pareko eta, gauzak Vitelioren alde zirenean, leialtasunean lehiatzeko gertu, haren zori okerrari berdin ihes egiten zioten.