Editing Germanicus (section)

===Batonian War===
{{main|Bellum Batonianum|l1=Great Illyrian Revolt}}
[[File:Great Illyrian Revolt (English).svg|thumb|Map of the uprising]]
Germanicus became a [[quaestor]] in AD 7, four years before the legal age of 25.<ref>{{harvnb|Pettinger|2012|p=65}}.</ref> He was sent to [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Illyricum]] the same year to help Tiberius suppress a rebellion by the [[Pannonia]]ns and [[Dalmatia]]ns.<ref group="note">According to [[Cassius Dio]], Augustus sent Germanicus to Illyricum because Tiberius' lack of activity led to suspicions that he was deliberately dragging his feet, using the pretense of war to remain under arms as long as possible.{{harvnb|Pettinger|2012|p=97}}.</ref> He brought with him an army of levied citizens and former slaves to reinforce Tiberius at [[Siscia]], his base of operations in Illyricum. Towards the end of the year, additional reinforcements arrived; three legions from [[Moesia]] commanded by [[Aulus Caecina Severus (suffect consul 1 BC)|Aulus Caecina Severus]], and two legions with Thracian cavalry and auxiliary troops from Anatolia commanded by [[Marcus Plautius Silvanus (consul 2 BC)|Silvanus]].<ref>{{harvnb|Crook|1996|p=107}}.</ref><ref name="Dzino151">{{harvnb|Dzino|2010|p=151}}.</ref>

By the time Germanicus had arrived in Pannonia, the rebels had resorted to raiding from the mountain fortresses to which they had withdrawn. Because the Roman legions were not so effective at countering this tactic, Tiberius deployed his auxiliary forces and divided his army into small detachments, allowing them to cover more ground and conduct a [[war of attrition]] against the rebels in their strong defensive positions. The Romans also began to drive the rebels out of the countryside, offering amnesty to those tribes that would lay down their arms, and implemented a [[scorched earth]] policy in an effort to starve the enemy out. During this period, Germanicus' detachments were in action against the [[Mazaei]], whom he defeated.<ref name=Dzino151/><ref>{{harvnb|Radman-Livaja|Dizda|2010|pp=47–48}}.</ref>

The rebel position in Pannonia collapsed in AD 8 when one of their commanders, [[Bato the Breucian]], surrendered their leader [[Pinnes (Pannonian chieftain)|Pinnes]] to the Romans and laid down his arms in return for amnesty. This was nullified when Bato the Breucian was defeated in battle and subsequently executed by his former ally [[Bato the Daesitiate]], but this left the Pannonians divided against each other, and the Romans were able to subdue the Breuci without battle. The pacification of the Breuci, with their large population and resources, was a significant victory for the Romans, who would be reinforced by eight cohorts of Breuci auxiliaries towards the end of the war. Bato the Daesitiate withdrew from Pannonia to Dalmatia, where he occupied the mountains of [[Bosnia]] and began conducting counter-attacks, most likely against the indigenous people who sided with the Romans. Later in the year, Tiberius left [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 6)|Lepidus]] in command of Siscia and Silvanus at Sirmium.<ref>{{harvnb|Dzino|2010|pp=151–152}}.</ref><ref name=Dzino151/>

Roman forces took the initiative in AD 9, and pushed into Dalmatia. Tiberius divided his forces into three divisions: one under Silvanus, which advanced south-east from Sirmium; another commanded by Lepidus, which advanced north-west along the Una Valley from Siscia toward [[Burnum]]; and the third led by Tiberius and Germanicus in the Dalmatian hinterland. The divisions under Lepidus and Silvanus practically exterminated the Perustae and Daesitiate in their mountain strongholds.<ref>{{harvnb|Swan|2004|p=239}}.</ref> Roman forces captured many cities, and those commanded by Germanicus took Raetinum, near Seretium (although it was destroyed in a fire set by the rebels during the siege), Splonum (in modern-day northern [[Montenegro]]) and Seretium itself (in modern-day western Bosnia). The Roman forces under Tiberius and Germanicus pursued Bato to the fortress of Andretium near [[Salona]], to which they laid siege. When it became clear Bato would not surrender, Tiberius assaulted the fortress and captured him. While Tiberius negotiated the terms of surrender, Germanicus was sent on a punitive expedition across the surrounding territory, during which he forced the surrender of the fortified town of Arduba and surrounding towns. He then sent a deputy to subdue the remaining districts and returned to Tiberius.<ref>{{harvnb|Swan|2004|pp=239–241}}.</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Dzino|2010|pp=152–153}}.</ref>