Hist. 1.42.1Vīsō comminus armātōrum agmine vēxillārius comitātae Galbam cohortis (Atīlium Vergiliōnem fuisse trādunt) dēreptam Galbae imāginem solō adflīxit: eō signō manifesta in Othōnem omnium mīlitum studia, dēsertum fugā populī forum, dēstricta adversus dubitantīs tēla.At the sight of the armed column close at hand, the standard-bearer of the cohort escorting Galba (they say it was Atilius Vergilio) tore off Galba's image and dashed it to the ground: at that signal the zeal of all the soldiers for Otho became plain, the forum was emptied by the flight of the people, and weapons were drawn against any who hesitated. Hist. 1.42.1Iūxtā Curtiī lacum trepidātiōne ferentium Galba prōiectus ē sellā ac prōvolūtus est.Near the Lake of Curtius, through the panic of his bearers, Galba was flung from his chair and rolled on the ground. Hist. 1.42.1Extrēmam eius vōcem, ut cuique odium aut admīrātiō fuit, variē prōdidēre.His last words have been reported variously, according as each man felt hatred or admiration. Hist. 1.42.1Aliī suppliciter interrogāsse quid malī meruisset, paucōs diēs exolvendō dōnātīvō dēprecātum: plūrēs obtulisse ultrō percussōribus iugulum: agerent ac ferīrent, sī ita ē rē pūblicā vidērētur.Some say that he asked in supplication what wrong he had deserved, and begged a few days in which to pay the donative: more, that he offered his throat to the assassins of his own accord: let them act and strike, if that seemed in the interest of the state.
Hist. 1.42.1Nōn interfuit occīdentium quid dīceret.To his killers it made no difference what he said. Hist. 1.42.1Dē percussōre nōn satis cōnstat: quīdam Terentium ēvocātum, aliī Laecanium;About the assassin there is no clear agreement: some say it was Terentius, a recalled veteran, others Laecanius; Hist. 1.42.1crēbrior fāma trādidit Camurium quīntae decimae legiōnis mīlitem impressō gladiō iugulum eius hausisse.the commoner report has it that Camurius, a soldier of the Fifteenth Legion, drove his sword in and cut his throat. Hist. 1.42.1Cēterī crūra brachiaque (nam pectus tegēbātur) foedē laniāvēre;The rest hideously mangled his legs and arms (for his chest was protected); Hist. 1.42.1plēraque vulnera feritāte et saevitiā truncō iam corporī adiecta.most of the wounds were inflicted, out of savagery and cruelty, on a body already headless.