Hist. 2.61.1Īsdem diēbus accessisse partibus utramque Mauretāniam, interfectō prōcūrātōre Albīnō, nūntiī vēnēre.In the same days news came that both Mauretanias had joined his side, after the procurator Albinus had been killed. Hist. 2.61.1Lucceius Albīnus ā Nerōne Mauretāniae Caesariēnsī praepositus, additā per Galbam Tingitānae prōvinciae administrātiōne, haud spernendīs vīribus agēbat.Lucceius Albinus, placed in charge of Mauretania Caesariensis by Nero, with the administration of the province of Tingitana added by Galba, had at his disposal forces not to be despised. Hist. 2.61.1Decem novem cohortēs, quīnque alae, ingēns Maurōrum numerus aderat, per latrōcinia et raptūs apta bellō manus.Nineteen cohorts, five cavalry squadrons and a huge number of Moors were at hand, a force fitted for war by brigandage and raiding. Hist. 2.61.1Caesō Galbā in Othōnem prōnus nec Āfricā contentus Hispāniae angustō fretō dirēmptae imminēbat.After Galba was killed he leaned towards Otho and, not content with Africa, was threatening Spain, separated from it by a narrow strait. Hist. 2.61.1Inde Cluviō Rūfō metus, et decimam legiōnem propinquāre lītorī ut trānsmissūrus iussit;From this Cluvius Rufus took fright, and he ordered the Tenth legion to approach the shore as though about to cross over; Hist. 2.61.1praemissī centuriōnēs quī Maurōrum animōs Vitelliō conciliārent.centurions were sent ahead to win over the minds of the Moors to Vitellius.
Hist. 2.61.1Neque arduum fuit, magna per prōvinciās Germānicī exercitūs fāma;Nor was it difficult, since the German army's fame was great throughout the provinces; Hist. 2.61.1spargēbātur īnsuper sprētō prōcūrātōris vocābulō Albīnum īnsigne rēgis et Iubae nōmen ūsurpāre.the rumour was spread besides that Albinus, scorning the title of procurator, was usurping the insignia of a king and the name of Juba.