1Then the boldest centurions of the Othonians were executed, which was the chief cause of the estrangement from Vitellius throughout the armies of Illyricum; 1at the same time the other legions, through contagion and from jealousy of the German soldiers, were contemplating war. 1Suetonius Paulinus and Licinius Proculus were kept waiting in mourning dress in a gloomy delay, until, when they were heard, they resorted to pleas that were more necessary than honourable. 1They actually claimed credit for treachery, ascribing to their own deceit the length of the march before the battle, the exhaustion of the Othonians, the column entangled with wagons, and many things that were due to chance.
1And Vitellius believed them about their treachery and acquitted them of loyalty. 1Salvius Titianus, Otho's brother, faced no danger, excused by his affection and his cowardice. 1Marius Celsus kept his consulship: but it was believed from rumour, and soon charged in the senate against Caecilius Simplex, that he had wanted to buy that office with money, and not without Celsus' ruin: Vitellius refused, and later gave Simplex a consulship that cost no crime and no money. 1Galeria, the wife of Vitellius, protected Trachalus against his accusers.