Hist. 1.69.1Plūs praedae ac sanguinis Caecīna hausit.Caecina drank in more plunder and more blood. Hist. 1.69.1Inrītāverant turbidum ingenium Helvētiī, Gallica gēns ōlim armīs virīsque, mox memoriā nōminis clāra, dē caede Galbae ignārī et Vitelliī imperium abnuentēs.The Helvetii had provoked his turbulent nature, a Gallic people once famous for arms and men, later for the memory of their name; they knew nothing of Galba's murder and refused to accept Vitellius' rule. Hist. 1.69.1Initium bellō fuit avāritia ac festīnātiō ūnaetvīcēnsimae legiōnis;The war began with the greed and haste of the Twenty-First legion; Hist. 1.69.1rapuerant pecūniam missam in stīpendium castellī quod ōlim Helvētiī suīs mīlitibus ac stīpendiīs tuēbantur.they had seized money sent for the pay of a fort which the Helvetii had long garrisoned with their own soldiers and at their own expense. Hist. 1.69.1Aegrē id passī Helvētiī, interceptīs epistulīs, quae nōmine Germānicī exercitūs ad Pannonicās legiōnēs ferēbantur, centuriōnem et quōsdam mīlitum in custōdiā retinēbant.The Helvetii, resenting this, intercepted letters that were being carried in the name of the German army to the Pannonian legions, and were holding a centurion and some of the soldiers in custody.
Hist. 1.69.1Caecīna bellī avidus proximam quamque culpam, antequam paenitēret, ultum ībat: mōta properē castra, vāstātī agrī, dīreptus longā pāce in modum mūnicipiī extrūctus locus, amoenō salūbrium aquārum ūsū frequēns;Caecina, eager for war, set out to punish each nearest offence before there could be any repentance: camp was swiftly moved, fields were laid waste, and a place was plundered which in the long peace had been built up like a town, much frequented for the pleasant use of its healthful waters; Hist. 1.69.1missī ad Raetica auxilia nūntiī ut versōs in legiōnem Helvētiōs ā tergō adgrederentur.messengers were sent to the Raetian auxiliaries, telling them to attack the Helvetii in the rear while they were turned against the legion.