Histories 1.77

Hist. 1.77.1Ita prōmissīs simul ac minīs temptābantur, ut bellō imparēs, in pāce nihil āmissūrī;So they were tested with promises and threats at once, being told they were unequal in war and would lose nothing in peace; Hist. 1.77.1neque ideō praetōriānōrum fidēs mūtāta.yet the loyalty of the praetorians did not change for that. Hist. 1.77.1Sed īnsidiātōrēs ab Othōne in Germāniam, ā Vitelliō in urbem missī.But assassins were sent by Otho into Germany, and by Vitellius into the city. Hist. 1.77.1Utrīsque frūstrā fuit, Vitelliānīs inpūne, per tantam hominum multitūdinem mūtuā ignōrantiā fallentibus: Othōniānī novitāte vultūs, omnibus in vicem gnārīs, prōdēbantur.Both failed: the Vitellians did so with impunity, escaping notice in so great a multitude of men where none knew another; the Othonians were betrayed by their unfamiliar faces, since everyone there knew one another. Hist. 1.77.1Vitellius litterās ad Titiānum frātrem Othōnis composuit, exitium ipsī fīliōque eius minitāns nī incolumēs sibi māter ac līberī servārentur.Vitellius composed a letter to Titianus, Otho's brother, threatening death to him and his son unless his own mother and children were kept safe. Hist. 1.77.1Et stetit domus utraque, sub Othōne incertum an metū: Vitellius victor clēmentiae glōriam tulit.And both households survived; under Otho it is uncertain whether from fear: Vitellius, as victor, carried off the glory of clemency.