1The soldiers' onslaught was not stopped even by the doors of the Palatine from bursting into the banquet, as they demanded that Otho be shown to them; the tribune Julius Martialis and Vitellius Saturninus, prefect of the legion, were wounded while they tried to stem the rush. 1Everywhere there were arms and threats, now against the centurions and tribunes, now against the whole senate, their minds frenzied with blind panic, and since they could not single out any one man for their anger, they demanded licence against all, until Otho, against the dignity of empire, standing on a couch, with difficulty restrained them by prayers and tears; and they returned to the camp unwilling and not innocent.
1The next day, as if the city had been captured, houses were shut, few people were in the streets, the populace was gloomy; 1the soldiers' faces were cast down to the ground, and there was more sullenness than repentance. 1The prefects Licinius Proculus and Plotius Firmus addressed them maniple by maniple, each according to his own nature, more mildly or more harshly. 1The speeches ended with the decision that five thousand sesterces should be counted out to each soldier: then Otho dared to enter the camp. 1And the tribunes and centurions surround him, throwing away their badges of service and demanding discharge and safety. 1The soldiers sensed the ill-feeling, and, now settled into obedience, actually demanded that the authors of the mutiny be punished.