Hist. 1.88.1Prōdigia īnsuper terrēbant dīversīs auctōribus vulgāta: in vestibulō Capitōliī omissās habēnās bīgae, cui Victōria īnstiterat, ērūpisse cellā Iūnōnis maiōrem hūmānā speciem, statuam dīvī Iūliī in īnsulā Tiberīnī amnis serēnō et immōtō diē ab occidente in orientem conversam, prōlocūtum in Etrūriā bovem, īnsolitōs animālium partūs, et plūra alia rudibus saeculīs etiam in pāce observāta, quae nunc tantum in metū audiuntur.Besides, portents reported by various sources caused terror: in the forecourt of the Capitol the reins of the chariot on which Victory stood had dropped from her hands; a form larger than human had burst out of the shrine of Juno; a statue of the deified Julius on the island in the Tiber had turned from west to east on a calm and windless day; an ox had spoken in Etruria; animals had given birth to strange offspring; and many other things observed in rude ages even in peacetime, which now are heard of only in time of fear. Hist. 1.88.1Sed praecipuus et cum praesentī exitiō etiam futūrī pavor subitā inundātiōne Tiberis, quī immēnsō auctū prōrutō ponte subliciō ac strāge obstantis mōlis refūsus, nōn modo iacentia et plāna urbis loca, sed sēcūra eius modī cāsuum implēvit: raptī ē pūblicō plērīque, plūrēs in tabernīs et cubīlibus interceptī.But the chief terror, bringing both present destruction and fear for the future, came from a sudden flood of the Tiber, which, swelling enormously, broke down the Sublician bridge, and, driven back by the wreckage of the obstructing mass, filled not only the low-lying and level parts of the city but those safe from such disasters: many were swept away in the streets, still more were caught in shops and in their beds.
Hist. 1.88.1Famēs in vulgus inopiā quaestūs et pēnūriā alimentōrum.Famine fell on the common people through lack of earnings and shortage of food. Hist. 1.88.1Corrupta stagnantibus aquīs īnsulārum fundāmenta, Dein remeante flūmine dīlāpsa.The foundations of apartment blocks were weakened by the standing water, and then collapsed when the river went down. Hist. 1.88.1Utque prīmum vacuus ā perīculō animus fuit, id ipsum quod parantī expedītiōnem Othōnī campus Mārtius et via Flāminia iter bellī esset obstrūctum, ā fortuītīs vel nātūrālibus causīs in prōdigium et ōmen imminentium clādium vertēbātur.And as soon as men's minds were free of danger, the very fact that the Campus Martius and the Flaminian Way, Otho's route to the war, had been blocked just as he was preparing his expedition, was turned from chance or natural causes into a portent and omen of impending disasters.