Hist. 2.72.1Et victās quidem partīs modestē distrāxerat: apud victōrēs orta sēditiō, lūdicrō initiō nī numerus caesōrum invidiam Vitelliō auxisset.Indeed he had broken up the defeated party with moderation: among the victors a mutiny broke out, from a beginning that would have been laughable had not the number of the slain increased the odium against Vitellius. Hist. 2.72.1Discubuerat Vitellius Tīcīnī adhibitō ad epulās Verginiō.Vitellius had taken his place at dinner at Ticinum, with Verginius invited to the banquet. Hist. 2.72.1Lēgātī tribūnīque ex mōribus imperātōrum sevēritātem aemulantur vel tempestīvīs convīviīs gaudent;Legates and tribunes follow the habits of their commanders, either emulating their strictness or delighting in banquets begun before the proper hour; Hist. 2.72.1proinde mīles intentus aut licenter agit.accordingly the soldier is either alert or behaves without restraint. Hist. 2.72.1Apud Vitellium omnia indisposita, tēmulenta, pervigiliīs ac bacchānālibus quam disciplīnae et castrīs propiōra.In Vitellius' quarters everything was disorderly and drunken, closer to all-night revels and Bacchanalian orgies than to discipline and a camp. Hist. 2.72.1Igitur duōbus mīlitibus, alterō legiōnis quīntae, alterō ē Gallīs auxiliāribus, per lascīviam ad certāmen luctandī accēnsīs, postquam legiōnārius prōciderat, īnsultante Gallō et iīs quī ad spectandum convēnerant in studia dīductīs, ērūpēre legiōnāriī in perniciem auxiliōrum ac duae cohortēs interfectae.So when two soldiers, one of the Fifth Legion, the other from the Gallic auxiliaries, had been provoked in horseplay into a wrestling match, and after the legionary had fallen, with the Gaul jeering and those who had gathered to watch split into partisan factions, the legionaries burst out to destroy the auxiliaries, and two cohorts were slaughtered.
Hist. 2.72.1Remedium tumultūs fuit alius tumultus.The cure for one uproar was another uproar. Hist. 2.72.1Pulvis procul et arma aspiciēbantur: conclāmātum repente quartam decimam legiōnem versō itinere ad proelium venīre;Dust and arms were seen in the distance: suddenly the shout went up that the Fourteenth Legion had turned back from its march and was coming to do battle; Hist. 2.72.1sed erant agminis coāctōrēs: agnitī dēmpsēre sollicitūdinem.but they were the rearguard of the column: once they were recognised, they removed the anxiety. Hist. 2.72.1Interim Verginiī servus forte obvius ut percussor Vitelliī īnsimulātur: et ruēbat ad convīvium mīles, mortem Verginiī exposcēns.Meanwhile a slave of Verginius, who happened to cross their path, is accused of being Vitellius' assassin: and the soldiers began rushing to the banquet, demanding the death of Verginius. Hist. 2.72.1Nē Vitellius quidem, quamquam ad omnīs suspīciōnēs pavidus, dē innocentiā eius dubitāvit: aegrē tamen cohibitī quī exitium cōnsulāris et quondam ducis suī flāgitābant.Not even Vitellius, though fearful at every suspicion, doubted his innocence: yet those who were demanding the destruction of a consular, once their own general, were restrained only with difficulty.
Hist. 2.72.1Nec quemquam saepius quam Verginium omnis sēditiō īnfestāvit: manēbat admīrātiō virī et fāma, set ōderant ut fastīdītī.Nor was anyone assailed more often than Verginius by every mutiny: admiration for the man and his reputation endured, but they hated him as men who had been spurned.