Hist. 2.52.1Post quae dīmōtīs omnibus paulum requiēvit.After this he sent everyone away and rested a little. Hist. 2.52.1Atque illum suprēmās iam cūrās animō volūtantem repēns tumultus āvertit, nūntiātā cōnsternātiōne ac licentiā mīlitum;And as he was already turning over his last concerns in his mind, a sudden uproar distracted him, when news came of the soldiers' panic and lawlessness; Hist. 2.52.1namque abeuntibus exitium minitābantur, atrōcissimā in Verginium vī, quem clausā domō obsidēbant.for they were threatening death to those who were leaving, with the most savage violence against Verginius, whom they were besieging with his house shut up. Hist. 2.52.1Increpitīs sēditiōnis auctōribus regressus vacāvit abeuntium adloquiīs, dōnec omnēs inviolātī dīgrederentur.After rebuking the ringleaders of the riot, he returned and gave his time to talking with those who were leaving, until all had departed unharmed. Hist. 2.52.1Vesperāscente diē sitim haustū gelidae aquae sēdāvit.As the day drew to evening, he quenched his thirst with a draught of cold water. Hist. 2.52.1Tum adlātīs pugiōnibus duōbus, cum utrumque pertemptāsset, alterum capitī subdidit.Then two daggers were brought, and when he had tested them both, he put one beneath his head.
Hist. 2.52.1Et explōrātō iam profectōs amīcōs, noctem quiētam, utque adfirmātur, nōn īnsomnem ēgit: lūce prīmā in ferrum pectore incubuit.And having made sure that his friends had set out, he spent a quiet night, and, as is affirmed, not a sleepless one: at first light he fell upon the blade with his breast. Hist. 2.52.1Ad gemitum morientis ingressī lībertī servīque et Plōtius Firmus praetōriī praefectus ūnum vulnus invēnēre.At the groan of the dying man his freedmen and slaves came in, with Plotius Firmus the praetorian prefect, and found a single wound. Hist. 2.52.1Fūnus mātūrātum;The funeral was hastened; Hist. 2.52.1ambitiōsīs id precibus petierat nē amputārētur caput lūdibriō futūrum.he had begged for this with earnest prayers, lest his head be cut off and become a thing for mockery. Hist. 2.52.1Tulēre corpus praetōriae cohortēs cum laudibus et lacrimīs, vulnus manūsque eius exōsculantēs.The praetorian cohorts carried his body with praises and tears, kissing his wound and his hands. Hist. 2.52.1Quīdam mīlitum iūxtā rogum interfēcēre sē, nōn noxā neque ob metum, sed aemulātiōne decoris et cāritāte prīncipis.Some of the soldiers killed themselves beside the pyre, not from guilt or out of fear, but in emulation of his glory and from love of their emperor.
Hist. 2.52.1Ac posteā prōmiscē Bedriacī, Placentiae aliīsque in castrīs celebrātum id genus mortis.And afterwards that kind of death became common at Bedriacum, at Placentia and in other camps, among men of every sort. Hist. 2.52.1Othōnī sepulchrum extrūctum est modicum et mānsūrum.For Otho a tomb was built, modest and likely to endure. Hist. 2.52.1Hunc vītae fīnem habuit septimō et trīcēnsimō aetātis annō.He met this end of his life in the thirty-seventh year of his age.