A few days after the first of January a dispatch arrived from Belgica, in which Pompeius Propinquus, the imperial agent, announced that the legions of Upper Germany had broken their oath of allegiance and were clamouring for a new emperor, but that by way of tempering their treason they referred the final choice to the Senate and People of Rome.
12. Urtarrileko kalendetatik egun gutxitara, Ponpeio Propinkuo prokuradorearen gutuna heltzen da Belgikatik, esanez Germania Garaiko legioek, zinaren errespetua hautsirik, beste enperadore bat eskatzen zutela eta senatuari eta erromatar herriari ematen ziotela hautatzeko ahalmena, sedizioa leunkiago har zedin.