Hist. 1.36.1Tum vērō nōn populus tantum et imperīta plēbs in plausūs et immodica studia sed equitum plērīque ac senātōrum, positō metū incautī, refrāctīs Palātiī foribus ruere intus ac sē Galbae ostentāre, praereptam sibi ultiōnem querentēs, ignāvissimus quisque et, ut rēs docuit, in perīculō nōn ausūrus, nimiī verbīs, linguae ferōcēs;Then indeed not only the people and the ignorant populace broke into applause and extravagant enthusiasm, but most of the knights and senators, throwing off their fear and with it their caution, burst open the doors of the Palatium, rushed inside and showed themselves to Galba, complaining that their vengeance had been snatched from them, all the most cowardly, men who, as the event proved, would dare nothing in danger, extravagant in words, fierce of tongue; Hist. 1.36.1nēmō scīre et omnēs adfirmāre, dōnec inopiā vērī et cōnsēnsū errantium victus sūmptō thōrāce Galba inruentī turbae neque aetāte neque corpore resistēns sellā levārētur.no one knew, and everyone asserted, until, overcome by the lack of truth and the agreement of those in error, Galba put on a breastplate and, since neither his age nor his body could withstand the surging crowd, was lifted up in a chair.
Hist. 1.36.1Obvius in Palātiō Iūlius Atticus speculātor, cruentum gladium ostentāns, occīsum ā sē Othōnem exclāmāvit;In the Palatium he was met by Julius Atticus, a soldier of the guard, who, displaying a bloody sword, cried out that he had killed Otho; Hist. 1.36.1et Galba "commīlitō", inquit, "quis iussit?"and Galba said, 'Comrade, who ordered you?' Hist. 1.36.1Īnsignī animō ad coercendam mīlitārem licentiam, minantibus intrepidus, adversus blandientīs incorruptus.He was a man of remarkable spirit in restraining the licence of soldiers, fearless before threats, incorruptible against flattery.