Hist. 2.42.1Profectō Brixellum Othōne honor imperiī penes Titiānum frātrem, vīs ac potestās penes Proculum praefectum;When Otho had set out for Brixellum, the title of command lay with his brother Titianus, the real force and power with Proculus the prefect; Hist. 2.42.1Celsus et Paulīnus, cum prūdentiā eōrum nēmō ūterētur, inānī nōmine ducum aliēnae culpae praetendēbantur;Celsus and Paulinus, since no one made use of their good sense, were held up, with the empty name of generals, as a screen for others' blunders; Hist. 2.42.1tribūnī centuriōnēsque ambiguī quod sprētīs meliōribus dēterrimī valēbant;the tribunes and centurions were wavering, because the best men were spurned and the worst prevailed; Hist. 2.42.1mīles alacer, quī tamen iussa ducum interpretārī quam exequī māllet.the soldiers were eager, but would still rather interpret their generals' orders than carry them out. Hist. 2.42.1Prōmovērī ad quartum ā Bedriacō castra placuit, adeō imperīte ut quamquam vērnō tempore annī et tot circum amnibus pēnūriā aquae fatīgārentur.It was decided to move the camp forward to the fourth milestone from Bedriacum, so unskilfully that, although it was springtime and there were so many rivers round about, they were distressed by lack of water.
Hist. 2.42.1Ibi dē proeliō dubitātum, Othōne per litterās flāgitante ut mātūrārent, mīlitibus ut imperātor pugnae adesset poscentibus: plērīque cōpiās trāns Padum agentīs accīrī postulābant.There they wavered about giving battle, Otho demanding by letter that they make haste, the soldiers calling for the emperor to be present at the fight: many urged that the forces stationed across the Po be summoned. Hist. 2.42.1Nec proinde dīiūdicārī potest quid optimum factū fuerit, quam pessimum fuisse quod factum est.Nor can it be decided so well what would have been the best thing to do, as that what was done was the worst.