But one troop of horse could not garrison the whole of the widest part of Italy. Caecina accordingly hurried forward the Gallic, Lusitanian, and British auxiliaries, and some German detachments, together with 'Petra's Horse', while he himself hesitated whether he should not cross the Raetian Alps into Noricum and attack the governor, Petronius Urbicus, who, having raised a force of irregulars and broken down the bridges, was supposed to be a faithful adherent of Otho.
Eta Italiaren zati txit hedatsu hura zaldieriako destakamendu bakarraren babesez defendatzerik ez zegoenez, galiar, lusitaniar eta britaniarren kohorteak eta germaniarren eskuadroiak hegal petrianoagaz bidaliak izan ondoren, bera apur bat dudan egon zen ea retoen gailurretatik Norikorantz joko ote zuen Petronio Urbiko gobernadorearen aurka, zeina, indar laguntzaileak deiturik eta ibaietako zubiak mozturik, Otonen leialtzat jotzen baitzuten.