But they were an army in name only, not in strength, for Vitellius had withdrawn all the efficient soldiers and had replaced them by a useless mob, who had been drawn from the neighbouring Nervian and German villages and were only embarrassed by their armour.
Izan ere, Viteliok kohorteen onena eraman zuelarik, nervioen eta germaniarren herririk hurbilenetako jende soraioa armaz kargatu zuen.