Histories 2.39

Hist. 2.39.1Et proelium quidem, abruptīs quae supererant nāvibus, fugā dirēmptum: Macer ad exitium poscēbātur, iamque vulnerātum ēminus lanceā strictīs gladiīs invāserant, cum intercursū tribūnōrum centuriōnumque prōtegitur.The fight, indeed, was broken off by flight, the boats that were left having been cut loose: Macer was called for, to be put to death, and they had already wounded him with a lance thrown from a distance and set upon him with drawn swords, when he was saved by the intervention of the tribunes and centurions. Hist. 2.39.1Nec multō post Vestricius Spurinna iussū Othōnis, relictō Placentiae modicō praesidiō, cum cohortibus subvēnit.Not long afterwards Vestricius Spurinna, on Otho's orders, leaving a small garrison at Placentia, came to help with his cohorts. Hist. 2.39.1Dein Flāvium Sabīnum cōnsulem dēsignātum Othō rēctōrem cōpiīs mīsit, quibus Macer praefuerat, laetō mīlite ad mūtātiōnem ducum et ducibus ob crēbrās sēditiōnēs tam īnfestam mīlitiam aspernantibus.Then Otho sent Flavius Sabinus, consul-designate, to command the forces Macer had commanded, the soldiers being glad at the change of generals, and the generals spurning a service made so hostile by frequent mutinies.