Hist. 2.51.1Tālia locūtus, ut cuique aetās aut dignitās, cōmiter appellātōs, īrent properē neu remanendō īram victōris asperārent, iuvenēs auctōritāte, senēs precibus movēbat, placidus ōre, intrepidus verbīs, intempestīvās suōrum lacrimās coercēns.After speaking thus, he addressed each one courteously according to his age or rank, and urged them to go quickly and not provoke the victor's anger by staying, moving the young by his authority, the old by entreaties, calm in his look, fearless in his words, checking the untimely tears of his followers. Hist. 2.51.1Darī nāvīs ac vehicula abeuntibus iubet;He ordered boats and carriages to be given to those leaving; Hist. 2.51.1libellōs epistulāsque studiō ergā sē aut in Vitellium contumēliīs īnsignīs abolet;he destroyed petitions and letters conspicuous for devotion to himself or for insults against Vitellius; Hist. 2.51.1pecūniās distribuit parcē nec ut peritūrus.he distributed money sparingly and not like a man about to die. Hist. 2.51.1Mox Salvium Cocceiānum, frātris fīlium, prīmā iuventā, trepidum et maerentem ultrō sōlātus est, laudandō pietātem eius, castīgandō formīdinem: an Vitellium tam inmītis animī fore ut prō incolumī tōtā domō nē hanc quidem sibi grātiam redderet?Then of his own accord he comforted Salvius Cocceianus, his brother's son, a youth in his early prime, who was frightened and grieving, praising his affection and rebuking his fear: would Vitellius be so pitiless in spirit that he would not grant him even this favour in return for the safety of his whole house?
Hist. 2.51.1Merērī sē festīnātō exitū clēmentiam victōris;He was earning the victor's clemency by hastening his end; Hist. 2.51.1nōn enim ultimā dēspērātiōne sed poscente proelium exercitū remīsisse reī pūblicae novissimum cāsum.for it was not in the last extremity of despair, but while his army was calling for battle, that he had spared the state the final hazard. Hist. 2.51.1Satis sibi nōminis, satis posterīs suīs nōbilitātis quaesītum.He had won enough of a name for himself, enough nobility for his descendants. Hist. 2.51.1Post Iūliōs Claudiōs Serviōs sē prīmum in familiam novam imperium intulisse: proinde ērēctō animō capesseret vītam, neu patruum sibi Othōnem fuisse aut oblīvīscerētur umquam aut nimium meminisset.After the Julii, the Claudii and the Servii, he had been the first to bring the imperial power into a new family: so he should take hold of life with a high spirit, and neither ever forget that Otho had been his uncle nor remember it too much.