Hist. 2.49.1Opperiēbātur Othō nūntium pugnae nēquāquam trepidus et cōnsiliī certus.Otho was awaiting news of the battle, not at all alarmed and firm in his resolve. Hist. 2.49.1Maesta prīmum fāma, Dein profugī ē proeliō perditās rēs patefaciunt.First a gloomy rumour, then fugitives from the battle revealed that all was lost. Hist. 2.49.1Nōn expectāvit mīlitum ardor vōcem imperātōris;The soldiers' ardour did not wait for the emperor to speak; Hist. 2.49.1bonum habēret animum iubēbant: superesse adhūc novās vīrīs, et ipsōs extrēma passūrōs ausūrōsque.they bade him keep up his courage: fresh forces still remained, and they themselves would suffer and dare the uttermost. Hist. 2.49.1Neque erat adūlātiō: īre in aciem, excitāre partium fortūnam furōre quōdam et īnstīnctū flagrābant.Nor was this flattery: they were burning with a kind of frenzy and impulse to go into battle and revive the fortune of their party. Hist. 2.49.1Quī procul adstiterant, tendere manūs, et proximī prēnsāre genua, promptissimō Plōtiō Firmō.Those who had stood far off stretched out their hands, and those nearest clasped his knees, Plotius Firmus most eagerly of all. Hist. 2.49.1Is praetōriī praefectus identidem ōrābat nē fīdissimum exercitum, nē optimē meritōs mīlitēs dēsereret: maiōre animō tolerārī adversa quam relinquī;This praetorian prefect begged him again and again not to desert a most loyal army, not to desert soldiers who had served him so well: it took greater courage to endure adversity than to abandon it; Hist. 2.49.1fortīs et strēnuōs etiam contrā fortūnam īnsistere speī, timidōs et ignāvōs ad dēspērātiōnem formīdine properāre.brave and energetic men held on to hope even against fortune; the timid and cowardly hurried in fear to despair.
Hist. 2.49.1Quās inter vōcēs ut flexerat vultum aut indūrāverat Othō, clamor et gemitus.Amid these cries, as Otho had softened or hardened his expression, there was shouting and groaning. Hist. 2.49.1Nec praetōriānī tantum, proprius Othōnis mīles, sed praemissī ē Moesiā eandem obstinātiōnem adventantis exercitūs, legiōnēs Aquilēiam ingressās nūntiābant, ut nēmō dubitet potuisse renovārī bellum atrōx, lūgubre, incertum victīs et victōribus.And not only the praetorians, Otho's own soldiers, but also those sent ahead from Moesia reported the same determination in the approaching army, and that the legions had entered Aquileia, so that no one can doubt that the war could have been renewed, grim, mournful, uncertain for victors and vanquished.