Histories 2.98

Hist. 2.98.1Cēterum nōn ita ducibus indulsit Vitellius ut nōn plūs mīlitī licēret.However, Vitellius did not indulge his generals so far as not to allow the soldiers still more. Hist. 2.98.1Sibi quisque mīlitiam sūmpsēre: quamvīs indignus, sī ita māluerat, urbānae mīlitiae adscrībēbātur;Each man chose his own service: however unworthy, if he had so preferred, he was enrolled in the service of the city; Hist. 2.98.1rūrsus bonīs remanēre inter legiōnāriōs aut alāris volentibus permissum.on the other hand, good men who wished to remain among the legionaries or in the cavalry squadrons were allowed to do so. Hist. 2.98.1Nec dēerant quī vellent, fessī morbīs et intemperiem caelī incūsantēs;Nor were there lacking men who wished it, worn out by disease and blaming the unhealthy climate; Hist. 2.98.1rōbora tamen legiōnibus alīsque subtracta, convulsum castrōrum decus, vīgintī mīlibus ē tōtō exercitū permixtīs magis quam ēlēctīs.yet the strength was drawn away from the legions and cavalry squadrons, and the prestige of the camp shattered, as twenty thousand men were jumbled together from the whole army rather than chosen.