Hist. 1.25.1Sed tum ē lībertīs Onomastum futūrō scelerī praefēcit, ā quō Barbium Proculum tesserārium speculātōrum et Veturium optiōnem eōrundem perductōs, postquam variō sermōne callidōs audācīsque cognōvit, pretiō et prōmissīs onerat, datā pecūniā ad pertemptandōs plūrium animōs.But then he put Onomastus, one of his freedmen, in charge of the coming crime, and when Onomastus had brought to him Barbius Proculus, a tesserarius of the bodyguard, and Veturius, an optio of the same, and he had found through varied conversation that they were cunning and bold, he loads them with money and promises, giving them funds to sound out the minds of more men. Hist. 1.25.1Suscēpēre duo manipulārēs imperium populī Rōmānī trānsferendum et trānstulērunt.Two common soldiers undertook to transfer the empire of the Roman people, and they transferred it. Hist. 1.25.1In cōnscientiam facinoris paucī adscītī: suspēnsōs cēterōrum animōs dīversīs artibus stimulant, prīmōrēs mīlitum per beneficia Nymphidiī ut suspectōs, vulgus et cēterōs īrā et dēspērātiōne dīlātī totiēns dōnātīvī.Few were admitted into knowledge of the deed: the wavering minds of the rest they spur on by various methods, the leading soldiers by suggesting they were suspect for the favours of Nymphidius, the common men and the rest by anger and despair at the donative so often deferred.
Hist. 1.25.1Erant quōs memoria Nerōnis ac dēsīderium priōris licentiae accenderet: in commūne omnēs metū mūtandae mīlitiae terrēbantur.There were some whom the memory of Nero and longing for their former licence inflamed: all alike were alarmed by fear of a change in their service.