Histories 2.59

Hist. 2.59.1Cēterum Ītalia gravius atque atrōcius quam bellō adflīctābātur.But Italy was being afflicted more heavily and more cruelly than by war. Hist. 2.59.1Dispersī per mūnicipia et colōniās Vitelliānī spoliāre, rapere, vī et stuprīs polluere: in omne fās nefāsque avidī aut vēnālēs nōn sacrō, nōn profānō abstinēbant.The Vitellians, scattered through the towns and colonies, robbed, plundered and defiled with violence and rape: greedy for anything right or wrong, or ready to be bought, they kept their hands off nothing sacred or profane. Hist. 2.59.1Et fuēre quī inimīcōs suōs speciē mīlitum interficerent.And there were some who killed their personal enemies disguised as soldiers. Hist. 2.59.1Ipsīque mīlitēs regiōnum gnārī refertōs agrōs, dītīs dominōs in praedam aut, sī repugnātum foret, ad exitium dēstinābant, obnoxiīs ducibus et prohibēre nōn ausīs.And the soldiers themselves, knowing the districts, marked out well-stocked farms and rich owners for plunder or, if there was resistance, for destruction, while the generals, beholden to them, did not dare to stop them. Hist. 2.59.1Minus avāritiae in Caecīnā, plūs ambitiōnis: Valēns ob lucra et quaestūs īnfāmis eōque aliēnae etiam culpae dissimulātor.There was less greed in Caecina, more desire for popularity: Valens was notorious for his gains and profits, and so he also turned a blind eye to the faults of others.

Hist. 2.59.1Iam prīdem attrītīs Ītaliae rēbus tantum peditum equitumque, vīs damnaque et iniūriae aegrē tolerābantur.Since the resources of Italy had long since been worn down, so great a force of infantry and cavalry, with its violence, damage and outrages, was hardly to be endured.