Hist. 1.79.1Sīc distractīs exercitibus ac prōvinciīs Vitelliō quidem ad capessendam prīncipātūs fortūnam bellō opus erat, Othō ut in multā pāce mūnia imperiī obībat, quaedam ex dignitāte reī pūblicae, plēraque contrā decus ex praesentī ūsū properandō.With the armies and provinces thus divided, Vitellius certainly needed war to seize the fortune of the principate, while Otho discharged the duties of empire as if in deep peace, some in keeping with the dignity of the state, but most against propriety, hurrying them for present advantage. Hist. 1.79.1Cōnsul cum Titiānō frātre in kalendās Mārtiās ipse;He himself was consul with his brother Titianus until the first of March; Hist. 1.79.1proximōs mēnsīs Verginiō dēstinat ut aliquod exercituī Germānicō dēlēnīmentum;the following months he assigns to Verginius, as a kind of sop to the German army; Hist. 1.79.1iungitur Verginiō Pompeius Vopiscus praetextō veteris amīcitiae;with Verginius is joined Pompeius Vopiscus, on the pretext of an old friendship; Hist. 1.79.1plērīque Viennēnsium honōrī datum interpretābantur.most people interpreted this as a compliment paid to the Viennenses. Hist. 1.79.1Cēterī cōnsulātūs ex dēstinātiōne Nerōnis aut Galbae mānsēre, Caeliō ac Flāviō Sabīnīs in Iūliās, Arriō Antōnīnō et Mariō Celsō in Septembrīs, quōrum honōribus nē Vitellius quidem victor intercessit.The other consulships remained as Nero or Galba had appointed them, Caelius and Flavius Sabinus for July, Arrius Antoninus and Marius Celsus for September, whose offices not even Vitellius as victor interfered with.
Hist. 1.79.1Sed Othō pontificātūs augurātūsque honōrātīs iam senibus cumulum dignitātis addidit, aut recēns ab exiliō reversōs nōbilīs adulēscentulōs avītīs ac paternīs sacerdōtiīs in sōlācium recoluit.But Otho added pontificates and augurates as the crowning dignity for old men who had already held office, or consoled young noblemen lately returned from exile by restoring to them the priesthoods of their grandfathers and fathers. Hist. 1.79.1Redditus Cadiō Rūfō, Pediō Blaesō, Saevinō P senātōrius locus.Senatorial rank was restored to Cadius Rufus, Pedius Blaesus and Saevinus P—. Hist. 1.79.1Repetundārum crīminibus sub Claudiō ac Nerōne ceciderant: placuit ignōscentibus versō nōmine, quod avāritia fuerat, vidērī maiestātem, cuius tum odiō etiam bonae lēgēs perībant.They had fallen on charges of extortion under Claudius and Nero: those who pardoned them chose, by a change of name, to make what had been greed appear as treason, a charge so hated at that time that even good laws were perishing.