Hist. 2.56.1Notābile iūrgium fuit quō Licinius Caecīna Marcellum Eprium ut ambigua disserentem invāsit.A notable quarrel took place, in which Licinius Caecina attacked Eprius Marcellus for speaking ambiguously. Hist. 2.56.1Nec cēterī sententiās aperiēbant: sed invīsum memoriā dēlātiōnum expositumque ad invidiam Marcellī nōmen inrītāverat Caecīnam, ut novus adhūc et in senātum nūper adscītus magnīs inimīcitiīs clārēsceret.Nor did the rest declare their opinions: but the name of Marcellus, hated for the memory of his prosecutions and exposed to ill will, had provoked Caecina, so that he, still a new man and lately admitted to the senate, might win distinction through great enmities. Hist. 2.56.1Moderātiōne meliōrum dirēmptī.They were parted by the moderation of the better men. Hist. 2.56.1Et rediēre omnēs Bonōniam, rūrsus cōnsiliātūrī;And they all went back to Bononia, to deliberate again; Hist. 2.56.1simul mediō temporis plūrēs nūntiī spērābantur.at the same time more news was hoped for in the meantime. Hist. 2.56.1Bonōniae, dīvīsīs per itinera quī recentissimum quemque percontārentur, interrogātus Othōnis lībertus causam dīgressūs habēre sē suprēma eius mandāta respondit;At Bononia, where men had been posted along the roads to question each latest arrival, a freedman of Otho's, asked the reason for his departure, replied that he had Otho's last instructions; Hist. 2.56.1ipsum vīventem quidem relictum, sed sōlā posteritātis cūrā et abruptīs vītae blandīmentīs.he had left him still alive indeed, but caring only for posterity and having broken off life's allurements.
Hist. 2.56.1Hinc admīrātiō et plūra interrogandī pudor, atque omnium animī in Vitellium inclīnāvēre.Hence came admiration and shame to ask more questions, and the minds of all inclined towards Vitellius.