1By now Piso, alarmed by the din of the spreading mutiny and by the shouts that echoed right into the city, had caught up with Galba, who had meanwhile gone out and was approaching the forum; 1by now Marius Celsus had brought back no happy news, while some advised returning to the Palatium, others making for the Capitol, most seizing the rostra, and more merely contradicted the opinions of others, and, as happens in ill-fated deliberations, the best course seemed to be the one whose time had passed. 1Laco is said to have considered killing Titus Vinius without Galba's knowledge, whether to soothe the soldiers' feelings by his punishment, or because he believed him Otho's accomplice, or finally even out of hatred.
1The time and the place made him hesitate, because once slaughter has begun it is hard to set a limit; 1and his plan was thrown into confusion by alarming messages and the scattering of those around him, as the zeal of all was failing who at first had eagerly displayed their loyalty and courage.