Hist. 1.89.1Othō lūstrātā urbe et expēnsīs bellō cōnsiliīs, quandō Poenīnae Cottiaeque Alpēs et cēterī Galliārum aditūs Vitelliānīs exercitibus claudēbantur, Narbōnēnsem Galliam adgredī statuit classe validā et partibus fīdā, quod reliquōs caesōrum ad pontem Mulvium et saevitiā Galbae in custōdiā habitōs in numerōs legiōnis composuerat, factā et cēterīs spē honōrātae in posterum mīlitiae.Otho, having purified the city and weighed his plans for the war, since the Pennine and Cottian Alps and the other approaches to the Gauls were closed by the Vitellian armies, decided to attack Narbonese Gaul with the fleet, which was strong and loyal to his party, because he had enrolled in the ranks of a legion the survivors of those cut down at the Mulvian bridge and kept in custody by Galba's cruelty, and had given the rest also hope of honourable service in the future. Hist. 1.89.1Addidit classī urbānās cohortīs et plērōsque ē praetōriānīs, virīs et rōbur exercitūs atque ipsīs ducibus cōnsilium et custōdēs.He added to the fleet the city cohorts and many of the praetorians, the army's strength in men and vigour, and counsel and guards for the generals themselves.
Hist. 1.89.1Summa expedītiōnis Antōniō Novellō, Suediō Clēmentī prīmipīlāribus, Aemiliō Pācēnsī, cui ademptum ā Galbā tribūnātum reddiderat, permissa.The supreme command of the expedition was entrusted to Antonius Novellus and Suedius Clemens, former chief centurions, and to Aemilius Pacensis, to whom he had restored the tribunate taken from him by Galba. Hist. 1.89.1Cūram nāvium Moschus lībertus retinēbat ad observandam honestiōrum fidem immūtātus.The charge of the ships remained with the freedman Moschus, kept on unchanged to watch the loyalty of his betters. Hist. 1.89.1Peditum equitumque cōpiīs Suētōnius Paulīnus, Marius Celsus, Annius Gallus rēctōrēs dēstinātī, sed plūrima fidēs Liciniō Proculō praetōriī praefectō.Suetonius Paulinus, Marius Celsus and Annius Gallus were appointed commanders of the infantry and cavalry forces, but the greatest trust was placed in Licinius Proculus, the praetorian prefect. Hist. 1.89.1Is urbānae mīlitiae impiger, bellōrum īnsolēns, auctōritātem Paulīnī, vigōrem Celsī, mātūritātem Gallī, ut cuique erat, crīminandō, quod facillimum factū est, prāvus et callidus bonōs et modestōs anteībat.He, energetic in service in the city but inexperienced in wars, by slandering the authority of Paulinus, the vigour of Celsus, the ripe judgement of Gallus, whichever each possessed (the easiest thing to do), outstripped, crooked and cunning as he was, these good and modest men.