§8.1ὁ δὲ Ὄθων παραγενόμενος εἰς Βητριακὸν εἰς τὸ στρατόπεδον ἔστι δὲ πολίχνη πλησίον Κρεμώνης τὸ Βητριακόν ἐβουλεύετο περὶ τῆς μάχης, καὶ Πρόκλῳ μὲν ἐδόκει καὶ Τιτιανῷ, τῶν στρατευμάτων ὄντων προθύμων καὶ προσφάτου τῆς νίκης, διαγωνίσασθαι καὶ μὴ καθῆσθαι τὴν ἀκμὴν ἀμβλύνοντα τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ περιμένοντα Οὐϊτέλλιον αὐτὸν ἐκ Γαλατίας ἐπελθεῖν·
And Otho, having arrived at the camp at Bedriacum (Bedriacum is a small town near Cremona), held a council concerning the battle; and to Proclus and Titianus, since the armies were eager and the victory was recent, it seemed best to fight it out and not to sit idle, blunting the edge of their force and waiting for Vitellius himself to come from Gaul.
§8.2Παυλῖνος δὲ τοῖς μὲν πολεμίοις ἔφη πάντα μεθʼ ὧν μαχοῦνται παρεῖναι, καὶ μηδὲν ἐνδεῖν, Ὄθωνι δὲ τῆς ἤδη παρούσης οὐκ ἐλάττονα προσδόκιμον εἶναι δύναμιν ἐκ Μυσίας καὶ Παννονίας, ἂν τὸν αὑτοῦ περιμένῃ καιρόν, ἀλλὰ μὴ στρατηγῇ πρὸς τὸν τῶν πολεμίων.
But Paulinus said that on the side of the enemy, everything with which they would fight was present, and nothing was lacking; whereas for Otho, a force no smaller than the one already present was to be expected from Moesia and Pannonia, if he should wait for his own opportunity and not conduct the campaign according to that of the enemy.
§8.3οὐ γὰρ ἀμβλυτέροις γε χρήσεσθαι τότε τοῖς νῦν θαρροῦσιν ἀπʼ ἐλαττόνων, ἂν πλείονας τοὺς ἀγωνιζομένους προσλάβωσιν, ἀλλʼ ἐκ περιουσίας ἀγωνιεῖσθαι· καὶ χωρὶς δὲ τούτου τὴν διατριβὴν εἶναι πρὸς αὐτῶν ἐν ἀφθόνοις πᾶσιν ὄντων, ἐκείνοις δὲ τὸν χρόνον ἀπορίαν παρέξειν τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἐν πολεμίᾳ καθεζομένοις.
For they would not then employ those who are now confident from smaller beginnings in a blunter state, if they should receive more combatants, but would fight with a superabundance of strength; and apart from this, the delay was in their favor, as they were in the midst of all abundance, while for those, as they sat in a hostile country, time would provide a lack of necessaries.
§8.4ταῦτα λέγοντι Παυλίνῳ Μάριος Κέλσος ἐγένετο σύμψηφος.
As Paulinus said these things, Marius Celsus agreed with him.
Ἄννιος δὲ Γάλλος οὐ παρῆν μέν, ἀλλʼ ἐθεραπεύετο πεπτωκὼς ἀφʼ ἵππου, γράψαντος δὲ Ὄθωνος αὐτῷ συνεβούλευσε μὴ σπεύδειν, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐκ Μυσίας περιμένειν δύναμιν ἤδη καθʼ ὁδὸν οὖσαν.
And Annius Gallus was not present, but was being treated after having fallen from a horse; however, when Otho wrote to him, he advised him not to hurry, but to wait for the force from Moesia which was already on the way.
οὐ μὴν ἐπείθετο τούτοις, ἀλλὰ ἐκράτησαν οἱ πρὸς τὴν μάχην παρορμῶντες.
Yet he did not obey these counsels, but those who urged them to battle prevailed.