Upon the first intelligence of the death of Augustus, these men, long addicted to licentiousness, and averse from labour, began to practise upbn the ruder minds of their fellow soldiers. The time, they said, was come, when the veterans might claim their dismission from the service;
huraxe zela garaia beteranoek lizentziamendu bizkorra eskatzeko, gazteek ordainsari mardulagoak, denek euren lazerien amaia, baita zenturioien ankerkeriez mendekatzeko ere.