1Next Julius Civilis was spared from danger, a man very powerful among the Batavians, lest that fierce nation be alienated by his execution. 1And there were in the state of the Lingones eight Batavian cohorts, auxiliaries of the Fourteenth Legion, which had then separated from the legion in the discord of the times, a great weight, whichever way they leaned, as allies or as enemies. 1The centurions Nonius, Donatius, Romilius and Calpurnius, of whom we spoke above, he ordered to be put to death, condemned on the charge of loyalty, the gravest charge among rebels. 1There joined the party Valerius Asiaticus, legate of the province of Belgica, whom Vitellius soon took as his son-in-law, and Junius Blaesus, governor of Lugdunese Gaul, with the Italian Legion and the Taurian cavalry squadron, quartered at Lugdunum.
1Nor was there any delay among the forces in Raetia in joining at once: not even in Britain was there hesitation.