His brother Titianus and Proculus, the prefect of the Guard, with all the impatience of inexperience, stoutly maintained that fortune and Providence, and Otho's own good genius inspired his policy, and would inspire its performance. They had descended to flattery by way of checking opposition.
Tiziano bere anaiak eta Prokulo pretorioko prefektuak, inesperientziak presaturik, segurtatzen zuten zoria eta jainkoak eta Otonen numena euren asmoen alde zeudela, euren ahalegina babestuko zutela, eta euren iritziari kontra egiten inor ausar ez zedin, zurikeriara jaitsi ziren.