Otho issued orders that several of the magistrates and a large number of ex-consuls were to join the expedition, not to take part in the campaign or to assist in any way, but simply as a friendly escort. Among these was Lucius Vitellius, whom he treated neither as an emperor's brother nor as the brother of an enemy, but just like anybody else.
Otonek hainbat magistraturi eta kontsular mordoari berarekin abiatzeko agintzen die, ez gerrakide eta laguntzaile, segizio gisan baizik, zeintzuen artean Luzio Vitelio ere bazen, besteen tratu berdinarekin, ez enperadorearen anaia eta etsai gisan.