The Second Battle of Bedriacum, also known as the Second Battle of Cremona, was a decisive engagement fought on 24–25 October AD 69 during the Year of the Four Emperors. Two armies of Roman legions, one supporting the emperor Vitellius and the other supporting his Flavian rival Vespasian, clashed near the village of Bedriacum (modern Calvatone in Italy), about 35 km from Cremona in what is now Lombardy. The actual fighting took place between Bedriacum and Cremona, and the battle is therefore sometimes also called the Second Battle of Cremona.
The Flavian victory destroyed the Vitellian field army and opened the road to Rome. Within two months Vitellius had been killed and Vespasian had become undisputed emperor, ending the civil wars of 69.
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