Hist. 2.86.1Prīma bellī cūra agere dīlēctūs, revocāre veterānōs;The first concern of the war was to hold levies and recall veterans; Hist. 2.86.1dēstinantur validae cīvitātēs exercendīs armōrum officīnīs;strong cities are assigned to run workshops of arms; Hist. 2.86.1apud Antiochēnsīs aurum argentumque signātur, eaque cūncta per idōneōs ministrōs suīs quaeque locīs festīnābantur.at Antioch gold and silver are coined, and all these things were being hastened, each in its own place, by suitable agents. Hist. 2.86.1Ipse Vespasiānus adīre, hortārī, bonōs laude, segnīs exemplō incitāre saepius quam coercēre, vitia magis amīcōrum quam virtūtēs dissimulāns.Vespasian himself went about, encouraged, spurred on the good by praise, the slack by example, more often than he punished them, concealing the faults of his friends rather than their virtues. Hist. 2.86.1Multōs praefectūrīs et prōcūrātiōnibus, plērōsque senātōriī ōrdinis honōre percoluit, ēgregiōs virōs et mox summa adeptōs;Many he honoured with prefectures and procuratorships, a great number with the rank of the senatorial order, outstanding men who soon reached the highest positions; Hist. 2.86.1quibusdam fortūna prō virtūtibus fuit.for some, fortune took the place of merit. Hist. 2.86.1Dōnātīvum mīlitī neque Mūciānus prīmā contiōne nisi modicē ostenderat, nē Vespasiānus quidem plūs cīvīlī bellō obtulit quam aliī in pāce, ēgregiē firmus adversus mīlitārem largītiōnem eōque exercitū meliōre.Neither had Mucianus in his first address held out a donative to the soldiers except a moderate one, nor did Vespasian offer more in a civil war than others had in peace, admirably firm against largesse to the soldiers, and with a better army for that reason.
Hist. 2.86.1Missī ad Parthum Armeniumque lēgātī, prōvīsumque nē versīs ad cīvīle bellum legiōnibus terga nūdārentur.Envoys were sent to the Parthian and the Armenian king, and provision was made that the rear should not be left exposed when the legions turned to civil war. Hist. 2.86.1Titum īnstāre Iūdaeae, Vespasiānum obtinēre claustra Aegyptī placuit: sufficere vidēbantur adversus Vitellium pars cōpiārum et dux Mūciānus et Vespasiānī nōmen ac nihil arduum fātīs.It was decided that Titus should press on with Judaea and that Vespasian should hold the gateways of Egypt: against Vitellius a part of the forces seemed sufficient, with Mucianus as general and the name of Vespasian, and nothing being too hard for the fates. Hist. 2.86.1Ad omnīs exercitūs lēgātōsque scrīptae epistulae praeceptumque ut praetōriānōs Vitelliō īnfēnsōs reciperandae mīlitiae praemiō invītārent.Letters were written to all the armies and legates, with instructions that they should entice the praetorians hostile to Vitellius with the reward of regaining their service.