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72 According to Plutarch, when they brought Otho Galba's head, he said, 'That's nothing: show me Piso's.'

73 i.e. the legion of marines—Prima Adiutrix. Cp. chap. 6, &c.

74 i.e. in command of the cohortes vigilum. Cp. chap. 5, note 10.

75 Vespasian's elder brother. He continued to hold the office under Vitellius (ii. 63).

76 See chap. 42, note 71.

77 As a libertus Caesaris he passed into Otho's hands with the rest of the palace furniture.

78 The consuls Galba and Vinius (chap. 1), were both dead.