Hist. 1.14.1Sed Galba post nūntiōs Germānicae sēditiōnis, quamquam nihil adhūc dē Vitelliō certum, ānxius quōnam exercituum vīs ērumperet, nē urbānō quidem mīlitī cōnfīsus, quod remedium ūnicum rēbātur, comitia imperiī trānsigit;But Galba, after the news of the German mutiny, although nothing was yet certain about Vitellius, anxious as to where the violence of the armies would break out, and not trusting even the city soldiery, carries out what he thought the only remedy, an election for the empire; Hist. 1.14.1adhibitōque super Vīnium ac Lacōnem Mariō Celsō cōnsule dēsignātō ac Ducēniō Geminō praefectō urbis, pauca praefātus dē suā senectūte, Pīsōnem Liciniānum accersīrī iubet, seu propriā ēlēctiōne sīve, ut quīdam crēdidērunt, Lacōne īnstante, cui apud Rubellium Plautum exercita cum Pīsōne amīcitia;and having called in, besides Vinius and Laco, Marius Celsus, consul-elect, and Ducenius Geminus, prefect of the city, after a few prefatory words about his own old age, he orders Piso Licinianus to be summoned, whether by his own choice or, as some believed, at the urging of Laco, who had formed a friendship with Piso at the house of Rubellius Plautus; Hist. 1.14.1sed callidē ut ignōtum fovēbat, et prospera dē Pīsōne fāma cōnsiliō eius fidem addiderat.but he cunningly supported him as though a stranger, and Piso's good reputation had added weight to his advice.
Hist. 1.14.1Pīsō M. Crassō et Scrībōniā genitus, nōbilis utrimque, vultū habitūque mōris antīquī et aestimātiōne rēctā sevērus, dēterius interpretantibus trīstior habēbātur: ea pars mōrum eius quō suspectior sollicitīs adoptantī placēbat.Piso, son of Marcus Crassus and Scribonia, noble on both sides, old-fashioned in look and bearing, and austere by a right estimate, was thought rather gloomy by those who interpreted it less kindly: that side of his character, the more it made him suspect to the anxious, the more it pleased the man adopting him.