Hist. 2.17.1Corsicam ac Sardiniam cēterāsque proximī maris īnsulās fāma victrīcis classis in partibus Othōnis tenuit.Corsica and Sardinia and the other islands of the nearby sea were kept on Otho's side by the fame of the victorious fleet. Hist. 2.17.1Sed Corsicam prope adflīxit Decumī Pacariī prōcūrātōris temeritās, tantā mōle bellī nihil in summam prōfutūra, ipsī exitiōsa.But Corsica was almost ruined by the rashness of the procurator Decumus Pacarius, which, in so great a mass of war, could do nothing for the overall outcome and proved fatal to himself. Hist. 2.17.1Namque Othōnis odiō iuvāre Vitellium Corsōrum vīribus statuit, inānī auxiliō etiam sī prōvēnisset.For out of hatred of Otho he resolved to help Vitellius with the forces of the Corsicans, an empty aid even if it had succeeded. Hist. 2.17.1Vocātīs prīncipibus īnsulae cōnsilium aperit, et contrā dīcere ausōs, Claudium Pyrrichum triērarchum Liburnicārum ibi nāvium, Quīntium Certum equitem Rōmānum, interficī iubet: quōrum morte exterritī quī aderant, simul ignāra et aliēnī metūs socia imperītōrum turba in verba Vitelliī iūrāvēre.He summoned the leading men of the island and revealed his plan, and those who dared to speak against it, Claudius Pyrrichus, captain of the Liburnian ships there, and Quintius Certus, a Roman knight, he ordered to be killed: terrified by their deaths, those present, and at the same time the crowd of the ignorant, unaware and sharing another's fear, swore allegiance to Vitellius.
Hist. 2.17.1Sed ubi dīlēctum agere Pacarius et inconditōs hominēs fatīgāre mīlitiae mūneribus occēpit, labōrem īnsolitum perōsī īnfirmitātem suam reputābant: īnsulam esse quam incolerent, et longē Germāniam vīrīsque legiōnum;But when Pacarius began to hold a levy and to wear out undisciplined men with the duties of military service, they loathed the unaccustomed toil and reflected on their own weakness: it was an island they lived on, and Germany and the strength of the legions were far away; Hist. 2.17.1dīreptōs vāstātōsque classe etiam quōs cohortēs alaeque prōtegerent.even those whom cohorts and cavalry protected had been plundered and laid waste by the fleet. Hist. 2.17.1Et āversī repente animī, nec tamen apertā vī: aptum tempus īnsidiīs legere.And their minds suddenly turned against him, yet not with open force: they chose a time suited to treachery. Hist. 2.17.1Dīgressīs quī Pacarium frequentābant, nūdus et auxiliī inops balineīs interficitur;When those who attended Pacarius had gone, he was killed in the baths, naked and without help; Hist. 2.17.1trucīdātī et comitēs.his companions too were butchered. Hist. 2.17.1Capita ut hostium ipsī interfectōrēs ad Othōnem tulēre;The killers themselves carried the heads to Otho as though they were enemies'; Hist. 2.17.1neque eōs aut Othō praemiō adfēcit aut pūniit Vitellius, in multā conluviē rērum maiōribus flāgitiīs permixtōs.and neither did Otho reward them nor Vitellius punish them, mixed up as they were, in the great welter of events, with greater crimes.