Hist. 1.76.1Crēbrae interim et muliebribus blandīmentīs īnfectae ab Othōne ad Vitellium epistulae offerēbant pecūniam et grātiam et Quemcumque ē quiētīs locīs prōdigae vītae lēgisset.Meanwhile frequent letters from Otho to Vitellius, tainted with womanish flatteries, offered money and favour and whatever quiet retreat he might choose for a life of extravagance. Hist. 1.76.1Paria Vitellius ostentābat, prīmō mollius, stultā utrimque et indecōrā simulātiōne, mox quasi rixantēs stupra ac flāgitia in vicem obiectāvēre, neuter falsō.Vitellius held out the same offers, at first rather mildly, with foolish and unbecoming pretence on both sides; soon, as though brawling, they taunted each other with debaucheries and scandals, neither of them falsely. Hist. 1.76.1Othō, revocātīs quōs Galba mīserat lēgātīs, rūrsus ad utrumque Germānicum exercitum et ad legiōnem Italicam eāsque quae Lugdūnī agēbant cōpiās speciē senātūs mīsit.Otho recalled the envoys whom Galba had sent, and sent others again, in the name of the senate, to both German armies, to the Italian legion and to the forces stationed at Lugdunum. Hist. 1.76.1Lēgātī apud Vitellium remānsēre, promptius quam ut retentī vidērentur;The envoys stayed on with Vitellius, too readily to seem to have been detained; Hist. 1.76.1praetōriānī, quōs per simulātiōnem officiī lēgātīs Othō adiūnxerat, remissī antequam legiōnibus miscērentur.the praetorians whom Otho had attached to the envoys under a pretence of courtesy were sent back before they could mingle with the legions.
Hist. 1.76.1Addidit epistulās Fabius Valēns nōmine Germānicī exercitūs ad praetōriās et urbānās cohortīs dē vīribus partium magnificās et concordiam offerentīs;Fabius Valens added letters in the name of the German army to the praetorian and city cohorts, boasting of the strength of the party and offering concord; Hist. 1.76.1increpābat ultrō quod tantō ante trāditum Vitelliō imperium ad Othōnem vertissent.he even reproached them for having turned over to Otho an empire handed to Vitellius so long before.