Histories 1.28

Hist. 1.28.1Statiōnem in castrīs agēbat Iūlius Mārtiālis tribūnus.The guard in the camp was under the command of the tribune Julius Martialis. Hist. 1.28.1Is magnitūdine subitī sceleris, an corrupta lātius castra et, sī contrā tenderet, exitium metuēns, praebuit plērīsque suspīciōnem cōnscientiae;He, whether through the enormity of the sudden crime or from fear that the camp was corrupted more widely and that he would perish if he opposed it, gave most people the suspicion of complicity; Hist. 1.28.1anteposuēre cēterī quoque tribūnī centuriōnēsque praesentia dubiīs et honestīs, isque habitus animōrum fuit ut pessimum facinus audērent paucī, plūrēs vellent, omnēs paterentur.the other tribunes and centurions too preferred the present to the uncertain and honourable, and the state of feeling was such that a few dared the worst of crimes, more wished it, and all allowed it.