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Tum interfecti centuriones promptissimi Othonianorum, unde praecipua in Vitellium alienatio (unde praecipua in Vitellium alienatio: ‘hence (i.e. from that wanton act of cruelty) the unsurpassed aversion to Vitallius’) per Illyricos exercitus; simul ceterae legiones contactu (contactu: ‘by contagion’, i.e. the ill will of the Illyrian troops spread to the other legions, already jealous of the Germans.) et adversus Germanicos milites invidia bellum meditabantur. Suetonium Paulinum ac Licinium Proculum tristi mora squalidos tenuit, (Suetonium Paulinum ac Licinium Proculum tristi mora squalidos tenuit: the implied subject of tenuit is Vitellius: lit. ‘he kept Suetonius Paulinus and Licinius Proculus, wretchedly neglected, in gloomy waiting’) donec auditi necessariis magis defensionibus quam honestis uterentur. (donec auditi necessariis magis defensionibus quam honestis uterentur: ‘until being heard, they used justifications imposed more by necessity than honorable’. For donec + subjunctive see note for donec omnes inviolati digrederentur in ch. 49.) proditionem ultro (ultro: ‘actually’, ‘in fact’) imputabant, spatium longi ante proelium itineris, fatigationem Othonianorum, permixtum vehiculis agmen ac pleraque fortuita fraudi suae adsignantes. et Vitellius credidit de perfidia et fidem absolvit. (Vitellius credidit de perfidia et fidem absolvit: ‘Vitellius believed them on account of their perfidy and forgave their loyalty’. de perfidia: de + abl. may on occasion be found with causal sense.) Salvius Titianus Othonis frater nullum discrimen adiit, pietate et ignavia excusatus. Mario Celso consulatus servatur: sed creditum fama obiectumque mox in senatu Caecilio Simplici, quod (sed creditum fama obiectumque [est] mox in senatu Caecilio Simplici, quod eum honorem pecunia mercari, nec sine exitio Celsi, voluisset: ‘ but a rumor gained acceptance, and later charges were directed in the senate at Caecilius Simplex, because he had intended to buy that honor and Celsus’ demise as well’; creditum fama: lit. ‘it was believed on account of a rumor’; quod …voluisset: subjunctive after quod when the reason given is assumed, not factual.) eum honorem pecunia mercari, nec sine exitio Celsi, voluisset: restitit Vitellius deditque postea consulatum Simplici innoxium et inemptum. Trachalum adversus criminantis Galeria uxor Vitellii protexit.