Histories 2.19

Hist. 2.19.1Certum erat Spurinnae (is enim Placentiam optinēbat) necdum vēnisse Caecīnam et, sī propinquāret, coercēre intrā mūnīmenta mīlitem nec trīs praetōriās cohortīs et mīlle vēxillāriōs cum paucīs equitibus veterānō exercituī obicere: sed indomitus mīles et bellī ignārus correptīs signīs vēxillīsque ruere et retinentī ducī tēla intentāre, sprētīs centuriōnibus tribūnīsque: quīn prōdī Othōnem et accītum Caecīnam clāmitābant.Spurinna (for he held Placentia) was sure that Caecina had not yet come, and was resolved, if he drew near, to keep his soldiers within the fortifications and not to expose three praetorian cohorts, a thousand detached legionaries and a few cavalry to a veteran army: but the soldiers, unruly and ignorant of war, seized the standards and banners, rushed out and pointed their weapons at their general when he tried to hold them back, scorning centurions and tribunes; indeed they kept shouting that Otho was being betrayed and Caecina had been sent for. Hist. 2.19.1Fit temeritātis aliēnae comes Spurinna, prīmō coāctus, mox velle simulāns, quō plūs auctōritātis īnesset cōnsiliīs sī sēditiō mītēsceret.Spurinna becomes the companion of other men's rashness, at first under compulsion, then pretending to be willing, so that his counsels might carry more authority if the mutiny calmed down.