Histories 1.43

Hist. 1.43.1Titum inde Vīnium invāsēre, dē quō et ipsō ambigitur cōnsūmpseritne vōcem eius īnstāns metus, an prōclāmāverit nōn esse ab Othōne mandātum ut occīderētur.Next they attacked Titus Vinius, about whom too it is disputed whether the immediate fear choked his voice, or whether he cried out that Otho had given no order for him to be killed. Hist. 1.43.1Quod seu finxit formīdine seu cōnscientiam coniūrātiōnis cōnfessus est, hūc potius eius vīta fāmaque inclīnat, ut cōnscius sceleris fuerit cuius causa erat.Whether he invented this from fear or confessed his share in the conspiracy, his life and reputation incline rather to this, that he was privy to the crime of which he was the cause. Hist. 1.43.1Ante aedem dīvī Iūliī iacuit prīmō ictū in poplitem, mox ab Iūliō Cārō legiōnāriō mīlite in utrumque latus trānsverberātus.He fell before the temple of the deified Julius, at the first blow struck on the back of the knee, and was then run through both sides by Julius Carus, a legionary soldier.