Nec coercebat eius modi voces Vitellius: super insitam animo ignaviam conscius sibi instare donativum et deesse pecuniam omnia alia militi largiebatur.
Vitellius did not try to check demands of this sort, for not only was he naturally without energy, but he was well aware that the time was close at hand when he must pay his soldiers a donative and that he had not the necessary money: therefore he indulged his troops in everything else.
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