Hist. 2.102.1Auxilia tamen ē Germāniā Britanniāque et Hispāniīs excīvit, segniter et necessitātem dissimulāns.Nevertheless he summoned auxiliaries from Germany, Britain and the Spanish provinces, sluggishly and concealing the need. Hist. 2.102.1Perinde lēgātī prōvinciaeque cūnctābantur, Hordeōnius Flaccus suspectīs iam Batāvīs ānxius propriō bellō, Vettius Bolanus numquam satis quiētā Britanniā, et uterque ambiguī.The legates and provinces delayed in like manner, Hordeonius Flaccus anxious about a war of his own, as the Batavians were already suspected, Vettius Bolanus because Britain was never quiet enough, and both of them wavering. Hist. 2.102.1Neque ex Hispāniīs properābātur, nūllō tum ibi cōnsulārī: trium legiōnum lēgātī, parēs iūre et prosperīs Vitelliī rēbus certātūrī ad obsequium, adversam eius fortūnam ex aequō dētrectābant.Nor was there any haste from the Spanish provinces, as there was no consular there at that time: the legates of the three legions, equal in authority and ready to vie in obedience while Vitellius prospered, were all alike in shrinking from his adverse fortune. Hist. 2.102.1In Āfricā legiō cohortēsque dēlēctae ā Clōdiō Macrō, mox ā Galbā dīmissae, rūrsus iussū Vitelliī mīlitiam cēpēre;In Africa the legion and cohorts raised by Clodius Macer, then disbanded by Galba, took up service again at Vitellius' command; Hist. 2.102.1simul cētera iuventūs dabat impigrē nōmina.at the same time the rest of the young men were eagerly giving their names for enlistment.
Hist. 2.102.1Quippe integrum illīc ac favōrābilem prōcōnsulātum Vitellius, fāmōsum invīsumque Vespasiānus ēgerat: proinde sociī dē imperiō utrīusque coniectābant, sed experīmentum contrā fuit.For Vitellius had held an upright and popular proconsulship there, Vespasian a notorious and hated one: accordingly the allies conjectured from this how each would rule, but experience proved the opposite.