Hist. 2.36.1Accēdēbat sententiae Paulīnī Marius Celsus;Marius Celsus agreed with the view of Paulinus; Hist. 2.36.1idem placēre Anniō Gallō, paucōs ante diēs lāpsū equī adflīctō, missī quī cōnsilium eius scīscitārentur rettulerant.those who had been sent to ask the advice of Annius Gallus, injured a few days before by a fall from his horse, had reported that he held the same opinion. Hist. 2.36.1Othō prōnus ad dēcertandum;Otho was eager to fight it out; Hist. 2.36.1frāter eius Titiānus et praefectus praetōriī Proculus, imperītia properantēs, fortūnam et deōs et nūmen Othōnis adesse cōnsiliīs, adfore cōnātibus testābantur, neu quis obviam īre sententiae audēret, in adūlātiōnem concesserant.his brother Titianus and the praetorian prefect Proculus, impatient in their inexperience, kept declaring that fortune and the gods and Otho's own divinity were present at his counsels and would be present at his undertakings, and, so that no one should dare to oppose that view, they had given way to flattery. Hist. 2.36.1Postquam pugnārī placitum, interesse pugnae imperātōrem an sēpōnī melius foret dubitāvēre.Once it had been decided to fight, they were unsure whether it would be better for the emperor to take part in the battle or to be kept out of the way.
Hist. 2.36.1Paulīnō et Celsō iam nōn adversantibus, nē prīncipem obiectāre perīculīs vidērentur īdem illī dēteriōris cōnsiliī auctōrēs perpulēre ut Brixellum concēderet ac dubiīs proeliōrum exēmptus summae rērum et imperiī sē ipsum reservāret.Since Paulinus and Celsus no longer opposed it, lest they seem to be exposing the emperor to danger, those same advocates of the worse plan pressed him to withdraw to Brixellum and, freed from the hazards of battle, to keep himself in reserve for the supreme direction of affairs and of the empire. Hist. 2.36.1Is prīmus diēs Othōniānās partīs adflīxit;That day was the first blow to the Othonian side; Hist. 2.36.1namque et cum ipsō praetōriārum cohortium et speculātōrum equitumque valida manus discessit, et remanentium frāctus animus, quandō suspectī ducēs et Othō, cui ūnī apud mīlitem fidēs, dum et ipse nōn nisi mīlitibus crēdit, imperia ducum in incertō relīquerat.for not only did a strong force of the praetorian cohorts, the scouts and the cavalry depart with him, but the spirit of those who remained was broken, since the generals were distrusted, and Otho, who alone had the soldiers' confidence, trusting none but the soldiers himself, had left the generals' authority uncertain.