Hist. 1.9.1Superior exercitus lēgātum Hordeōnium Flaccum spernēbat, senectā ac dēbilitāte pedum invalidum, sine cōnstantiā, sine auctōritāte: nē quiētō quidem mīlite regimen;The Upper army despised its legate Hordeonius Flaccus, enfeebled by old age and lameness, without firmness, without authority: he could not have controlled the soldiers even had they been quiet; Hist. 1.9.1adeō furentēs īnfirmitāte retinentis ultrō accendēbantur.so much the more were the furious inflamed by the weakness of the man restraining them. Hist. 1.9.1Īnferiōris Germāniae legiōnēs diūtius sine cōnsulārī fuēre, dōnec missū Galbae A. Vitellius aderat, cēnsōris Vitelliī ac ter cōnsulis fīlius: id satis vidēbātur.The legions of Lower Germany were for a long time without a consular governor, until, sent by Galba, Aulus Vitellius arrived, son of the Vitellius who had been censor and three times consul: that seemed enough. Hist. 1.9.1In Britannicō exercitū nihil īrārum.In the army in Britain there was no anger. Hist. 1.9.1Nōn sānē aliae legiōnēs per omnīs cīvīlium bellōrum mōtūs innocentius ēgērunt, seu quia procul et Oceanō dīvīsae, seu crēbrīs expedītiōnibus doctae hostem potius ōdisse.Indeed, no other legions behaved more blamelessly through all the upheavals of the civil wars, whether because they were far off and separated by the Ocean, or because frequent campaigns had taught them to hate the enemy instead.
Hist. 1.9.1Quiēs et Illyricō, quamquam excitae ā Nerōne legiōnēs, dum in Ītaliā cūnctantur, Verginium lēgātiōnibus adīssent: sed longīs spatiīs discrētī exercitūs, quod salūberrimum est ad continendam mīlitārem fidem, nec vitiīs nec vīribus miscēbantur.There was quiet in Illyricum too, although the legions summoned by Nero, while they lingered in Italy, had approached Verginius with embassies: but the armies, separated by long distances, which is the most effective way of keeping soldiers loyal, did not combine either their vices or their strength.