Histories 1.23

1But whether the thought of crime was sudden is uncertain: he had long been courting the soldiers' goodwill in hope of the succession or in preparation for the deed, on the road, on the march, at their posts, calling each of the oldest soldiers by name and, recalling Nero's escort, addressing them as comrades; 1some he would recognise, others he would ask after and help with money or influence, frequently slipping in complaints and ambiguous remarks about Galba and the other things that unsettle the common soldiery. 1The hardships of the march, the lack of supplies, the strictness of command were resented all the more bitterly, since men accustomed to visit the lakes of Campania and the cities of Achaea by ship were toiling with difficulty under arms over the Pyrenees and the Alps and immense stretches of road.