Hist. 1.78.1Prīmus Othōnī fīdūciam addidit ex Illyricō nūntius iūrāsse in eum Dalmatiae ac Pannoniae et Moesiae legiōnēs.The first thing that gave Otho confidence was news from Illyricum that the legions of Dalmatia, Pannonia and Moesia had sworn allegiance to him. Hist. 1.78.1Idem ex Hispāniā adlātum laudātusque per ēdictum Cluvius Rūfus: set statim cognitum est conversam ad Vitellium Hispāniam.The same was reported from Spain, and Cluvius Rufus was praised in an edict: but it was immediately learned that Spain had gone over to Vitellius. Hist. 1.78.1Nē Aquītānia quidem, quamquam ab Iūliō Cordō in verba Othōnis obstricta, diū mānsit.Not even Aquitania, though bound to Otho's oath by Julius Cordus, held firm for long. Hist. 1.78.1Nūsquam fidēs aut amor: metū ac necessitāte hūc illūc mūtābantur.Nowhere was there loyalty or affection: they shifted this way and that from fear and necessity. Hist. 1.78.1Eadem formīdō prōvinciam Narbōnēnsem ad Vitellium vertit, facilī trānsitū ad proximōs et validiōrēs.The same fear turned the province of Narbonensis to Vitellius, for going over to the nearest and stronger is easy. Hist. 1.78.1Longinquae prōvinciae et quidquid armōrum marī dirimitur penes Othōnem manēbat, nōn partium studiō, sed erat grande mōmentum in nōmine urbis ac praetextō senātūs, et occupāverat animōs prior audītus.The distant provinces and all the armed forces separated by the sea remained with Otho, not from devotion to his party, but there was great weight in the name of the city and the cloak of the senate, and he had taken possession of their minds by being heard of first.
Hist. 1.78.1Iūdaicum exercitum Vespasiānus, Syriae legiōnēs Mūciānus sacrāmentō Othōnis adēgēre;Vespasian swore the army of Judaea to allegiance to Otho, Mucianus the legions of Syria; Hist. 1.78.1simul Aegyptus omnēsque versae in Orientem prōvinciae nōmine eius tenēbantur.at the same time Egypt and all the provinces facing the East were held in his name. Hist. 1.78.1Idem Āfricae obsequium, initiō Carthāgine ortō neque expectātā Vipstānī Aproniānī prōcōnsulis auctōritāte: Crēscēns Nerōnis lībertus (nam et hī malīs temporibus partem sē reī pūblicae faciunt) epulum plēbī ob laetitiam recentis imperiī obtulerat, et populus plēraque sine modō festīnāvit.Africa showed the same compliance, the start being made at Carthage without waiting for the authority of the proconsul Vipstanus Apronianus: Crescens, a freedman of Nero (for in bad times these men too make themselves part of the state), had given a banquet to the common people in joy at the new reign, and the populace rushed into most things without restraint. Hist. 1.78.1Carthāginem cēterae cīvitātēs secūtae.The other communities followed Carthage.