Hist. 2.25.1Īsdem diēbus ā Mārtiō Macrō haud procul Cremōnā prosperē pugnātum;In those same days Martius Macer fought successfully not far from Cremona; Hist. 2.25.1namque promptus animī Mārtius trānsvectōs nāvibus gladiātōrēs in adversam Padī rīpam repente effūdit.for Martius, a man of ready spirit, ferried the gladiators across in boats and suddenly poured them out onto the opposite bank of the Po. Hist. 2.25.1Turbāta ibi Vitelliānōrum auxilia, et cēterīs Cremōnam fugientibus caesī quī restiterant: sed repressus vincentium impetus nē novīs subsidiīs firmātī hostēs fortūnam proeliī mūtārent.There the Vitellian auxiliaries were thrown into confusion, and while the rest fled to Cremona those who had stood their ground were cut down; but the victors' onset was checked, lest the enemy, strengthened by fresh reinforcements, should change the fortune of the battle. Hist. 2.25.1Suspectum id Othōniānīs fuit, omnia ducum facta prāvē aestimantibus.This aroused suspicion among the Othonians, who put a bad construction on everything their generals did. Hist. 2.25.1Certātim, ut quisque animō ignāvus, procāx ōre, Annium Gallum et Suētōnium Paulīnum et Marium Celsum—nam eōs quoque Othō praefēcerat—variīs crīminibus incessēbant.Vying with one another, each the more eagerly the more cowardly he was in spirit and insolent in speech, they assailed Annius Gallus, Suetonius Paulinus and Marius Celsus (for Otho had given these men commands too) with various charges.
Hist. 2.25.1Ācerrima sēditiōnum ac discordiae incitāmenta, interfectōrēs Galbae scelere et metū vaecordēs miscēre cūncta, modo palam turbidīs vōcibus, modo occultīs ad Othōnem litterīs;The fiercest incitements to mutiny and discord were Galba's murderers, who, frantic with guilt and fear, threw everything into confusion, now openly with riotous cries, now by secret letters to Otho; Hist. 2.25.1quī humillimō cuique crēdulus, bonōs metuēns trepidābat, rēbus prosperīs incertus et inter adversa melior.and he, credulous towards all the lowest men and fearing the good, was in a state of alarm, irresolute in prosperity and better in adversity. Hist. 2.25.1Igitur Titiānum frātrem accītum bellō praeposuit.So he summoned his brother Titianus and put him in charge of the war.