1Vitellius' next fear was from the praetorian cohorts. 1First they were separated, then, with the soothing offer of honourable discharge added, they began handing over their arms to their tribunes, until the war launched by Vespasian grew in strength: then, taking up service again, they were the backbone of the Flavian party. 1The First legion of marines was sent to Spain so that it might grow gentler in peace and quiet, the Eleventh and the Seventh were returned to their own winter quarters, and the men of the Thirteenth were ordered to build amphitheatres; 1for Caecina at Cremona and Valens at Bononia were preparing to put on gladiatorial shows, Vitellius never being so intent on his responsibilities as to forget his pleasures.
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Tacitus · Historiae II
Histories 2.71
Disbanding the praetorian guard
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