Hist. 2.104.1Tandem inruptiōne hostium atrōcibus undique nūntiīs exterritus Caecīnam ac Valentem expedīre ad bellum iubet.At last, terrified by the enemy's incursion and by grim news from every side, he orders Caecina and Valens to make ready for war. Hist. 2.104.1Praemissus Caecīna, Valentem ē gravī corporis morbō tum prīmum adsurgentem īnfirmitās tardābat.Caecina was sent ahead; Valens, then rising for the first time after a severe bodily illness, was held back by weakness. Hist. 2.104.1Longē alia proficīscentis ex urbe Germānicī exercitūs speciēs: nōn vigor corporibus, nōn ardor animīs;Far different was the look of the German army as it set out from Rome: no vigour in their bodies, no ardour in their minds; Hist. 2.104.1lentum et rārum agmen, fluxa arma, segnēs equī;a slow and straggling column, slack weapons, sluggish horses; Hist. 2.104.1impatiēns sōlis pulveris tempestātum, quantumque hebes ad sustinendum labōrem mīles, tantō ad discordiās promptior.the soldiers could not bear sun, dust or storms, and the duller they were at enduring toil, the readier they were for discord. Hist. 2.104.1Accēdēbat hūc Caecīnae ambitiō vetus, torpor recēns, nimiā fortūnae indulgentiā solūtī in luxum, seu perfidiam meditantī īnfringere exercitūs virtūtem inter artīs erat.Added to this was Caecina's old ambition and new torpor, for, through the excessive indulgence of fortune, he had grown slack in luxury; or else, as he was planning treachery, breaking the army's courage was among his devices.
Hist. 2.104.1Crēdidēre plērīque Flāviī Sabīnī cōnsiliīs concussam Caecīnae mentem, ministrō sermōnum Rubriō Gallō: rata apud Vespasiānum fore pacta trānsitiōnis.Most believed that Caecina's resolve had been shaken by the counsels of Flavius Sabinus, with Rubrius Gallus as the go-between in their conversations: the terms of his desertion, they said, would be ratified by Vespasian. Hist. 2.104.1Simul odiōrum invidiaeque ergā Fabium Valentem admonēbātur ut impār apud Vitellium grātiam vīrīsque apud novum prīncipem parāret.At the same time he was reminded of his hatred and jealousy towards Fabius Valens, so that, being his inferior in favour with Vitellius, he might win influence and strength with the new emperor.