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Postero die Vitellius senatus legatione, quam ibi opperiri iusserat, audita transgressus in castra ultro (ultro: ‘even’) pietatem militum conlaudavit, frementibus auxiliis tantum impunitatis atque adrogantiae legionariis accessisse. (frementibus auxiliis tantum impunitatis atque adrogantiae legionariis accessisse: ‘the auxiliaries being outraged that so moch impunity and arrogance was accorded to the legionaries’; impunitatis and adrogantiae are partitive gen. after the neuter tantum.) Batavorum cohortes, ne quid truculentius auderent, in Germaniam remissae, principium interno simul externoque bello (principium …bello: a reference to Civilis’ revolt narrated in Book 4 and 5.) parantibus fatis. reddita civitatibus Gallorum auxilia, ingens numerus et prima statim defectione inter inania belli (inter inania belli: ‘among’ or ‘a part of the empty show of military might’) adsumptus. ceterum (ceterum: ‘for the rest’) ut largitionibus adfectae iam imperii opes sufficerent, (ut largitionibus adfectae iam imperii opes sufficerent: ‘in order that the resources of the empire, already impaired by donatives, should suffice, …’) amputari legionum auxiliorumque numeros iubet vetitis supplementis; et promiscae missiones offerebantur. (promiscae missiones offerebantur: ‘discharges were offered indiscriminately’.) exitiabile id rei publicae, ingratum militi, cui eadem munia inter paucos periculaque ac labor crebrius redibant: (id …ingratum militi, cui eadem munia inter paucos periculaque ac labor crebrius redibant: ‘this was hateful to the soldiers, to few(er) of whom [now] devolved the same workload and dangers and toil returned more often’.) et vires luxu corrumpebantur, contra veterem disciplinam et instituta maiorum apud quos virtute quam pecunia res Romana melius stetit. (melius stetit: ‘rested more solidly’)