1The governor was Trebellius Maximus, despised and hated by the army for his avarice and meanness. 1Hatred of him was inflamed by Roscius Coelius, legate of the Twentieth Legion, long at odds with him, but on the occasion of civil war their quarrel had broken out more fiercely. 1Trebellius charged Coelius with mutiny and the disordering of discipline, Coelius charged Trebellius with having robbed and impoverished the legions, while meanwhile, through the shameful quarrels of the legates, the army's discipline was corrupted, and things came to such a pitch of discord that Trebellius, driven out by the insults of the auxiliary soldiers too and deserted as the cohorts and squadrons rallied to Coelius, fled to Vitellius.
1The province remained quiet, although the consular governor had been removed: the legionary legates ruled, equal in authority, Coelius more powerful through his daring.