Hist. 1.8.1Et hic quidem Rōmae, tamquam in tantā multitūdine, habitus animōrum fuit.Such, then, was the state of feeling at Rome, as far as one can speak of so great a multitude. Hist. 1.8.1Ē prōvinciīs Hispāniae praeerat Cluvius Rūfus, vir fācundus et pācis artibus, bellīs inexpertus.Of the provinces, Spain was governed by Cluvius Rufus, an eloquent man and skilled in the arts of peace, but untried in war. Hist. 1.8.1Galliae super memoriam Vindicis obligātae recentī dōnō Rōmānae cīvitātis et in posterum tribūtī levāmentō.The Gallic provinces, besides their memory of Vindex, were bound by the recent gift of Roman citizenship and the reduction of tribute for the future. Hist. 1.8.1Proximae tamen Germānicīs exercitibus Galliārum cīvitātēs nōn eōdem honōre habitae, quaedam etiam fīnibus ademptīs parī dolōre commoda aliēna ac suās iniūriās mētiēbantur.Yet the communities of the Gauls nearest to the armies in Germany had not been treated with the same honour, and some, having even lost territory, measured with equal resentment the advantages of others and their own injuries. Hist. 1.8.1Germānicī exercitūs, quod perīculōsissimum in tantīs vīribus, sollicitī et īrātī, superbiā recentis victōriae et metū tamquam aliās partīs fōvissent.The armies in Germany were anxious and angry, the most dangerous thing in forces so great, from pride in their recent victory and from fear that they would be thought to have backed the other side.
Hist. 1.8.1Tardē ā Nerōne dēscīverant, nec statim prō Galbā Verginius.They had been slow to defect from Nero, and Verginius had not at once declared for Galba. Hist. 1.8.1An imperāre nōluisset dubium: dēlātum eī ā mīlite imperium conveniēbat.Whether he had been unwilling to rule was doubtful: that the soldiers had offered him the empire was agreed. Hist. 1.8.1Fontēium Capitōnem occīsum etiam quī querī nōn poterant, tamen indignābantur.Even those who had no right to complain were nevertheless indignant that Fonteius Capito had been killed. Hist. 1.8.1Dux dēerat abductō Verginiō per simulātiōnem amīcitiae;They lacked a leader, Verginius having been taken away under a pretence of friendship; Hist. 1.8.1quem nōn remittī atque etiam reum esse tamquam suum crīmen accipiēbant.that he was not sent back, and was even on trial, they took as a charge against themselves.