Hist. 2.67.1Sed Vitellius adventū frātris et inrēpentibus dominātiōnis magistrīs superbior et atrōcior occīdī Dolābellam iussit, quem in colōniam Aquīnātem sēpositum ab Othōne rettulimus.But Vitellius, made more arrogant and more savage by the arrival of his brother and by the tutors in tyranny who were creeping in, ordered the killing of Dolabella, who, as we have related, had been banished by Otho to the colony of Aquinum. Hist. 2.67.1Dolābella audītā morte Othōnis urbem introierat: id eī Plancius Vārus praetūrā fūnctus, ex intimīs Dolābellae amīcīs, apud Flāvium Sabīnum praefectum urbis obiēcit, tamquam ruptā custōdiā ducem sē victīs partibus ostentāsset;Dolabella, on hearing of Otho's death, had entered the city: Plancius Varus, a former praetor and one of Dolabella's closest friends, laid this as a charge against him before Flavius Sabinus, the prefect of the city, alleging that he had broken out of custody and offered himself as leader to the defeated party; Hist. 2.67.1addidit temptātam cohortem quae Ōstiae ageret;he added that he had tampered with the cohort stationed at Ostia; Hist. 2.67.1nec ūllīs tantōrum crīminum probātiōnibus in paenitentiam versus sēram veniam post scelus quaerēbat.and, having no proofs for such grave charges, he turned to repentance and was seeking a late pardon after the crime.
Hist. 2.67.1Cūnctantem super tantā rē Flāvium Sabīnum Triāria L. Vitelliī uxor, ultrā fēminam ferōx, terruit nē perīculō prīncipis fāmam clēmentiae adfectāret.As Flavius Sabinus hesitated over so grave a matter, Triaria, the wife of Lucius Vitellius, fierce beyond what a woman should be, frightened him from seeking a reputation for clemency at the emperor's peril. Hist. 2.67.1Sabīnus suōpte ingeniō mītis, ubi formīdō incessisset, facilis mūtātū et in aliēnō discrīmine sibi pavēns, nē adlevāsse vidērētur, impulit ruentem.Sabinus, mild by his own nature, but, once fear had come over him, easily changed and afraid for himself in another's danger, pushed the falling man, lest he seem to have helped him up.