text_original: So leaving Vitellius himself to follow slowly with the levies newly raised, two armies made their way to Italy, with Valens and Caecina at their head, and crossing the . Alps by different passes, after spreading terror and were on ^ ^ ^ r ^ 1 1 r t t t the inarch among the peoples of Gaul and of Helvetia, for Rome. plains of Lombardy. Letters meantime had passed between Vitellius and Otho, in which each urged the other to abate his claims, and to take anything short of the imperial power.
text_transcription: SO LEAVING VITELLIUS HIMSELF TO FOLLOW SLOWLY WITH THE LEVIES NEWLY RAISED TWO ARMIES MADE THEIR WAY TO ITALY WITH VALANS AND HYKINA AT THEIR HEAD AND CROSSING THE ALPS BY DIFFERENT PASSES AFTER SPREADING TERROR AMONG THE PEOPLES OF GAUL AND OF HALVIA MET AT LAST UPON THE PLAINS OF LOMBARDY LETTERS MEANTIME HAD PASSED BETWEEN VITELLIUS AND OTHO IN WHICH EACH URGED THE OTHER TO ABATE HIS CLAIMS AND TO TAKE ANYTHING SHORT OF THE IMPERIAL POWER
phonemes: sˌoʊ lˈiːvɪŋ vˈaɪɾəlɪəs hɪmsˈɛlf tə fˈɑːloʊ slˈoʊli wɪððə lˈɛviz nˈuːli ɹˈeɪzd, tˈuː ˈɑːɹmiz mˌeɪd ðɛɹ wˈeɪ tʊ ˈɪɾəli, wɪð vˈeɪlənz ænd kˈiːsɪnə æt ðɛɹ hˈɛd, ænd kɹˈɔsɪŋ ðə . ˈælps baɪ dˈɪfɹənt pˈæsᵻz, ˈæftɚ spɹˈɛdɪŋ tˈɛɹɚ ænd wɜːɹ ˌɔn ˈɑːɹ wˈʌn wˈʌn ˈɑːɹ tˈiː tˈiː tˈiː ðɪ ɪnˈɑːɹtʃ ɐmˌʌŋ ðə pˈiːpəlz ʌv ɡˈɔːl ænd ʌv hɛlvˈiːʃə, fɔːɹ ɹˈoʊm. plˈeɪnz ʌv lˈɑːmbɚdi. lˈɛɾɚz mˈiːntaɪm hæd pˈæst bᵻtwˌiːn vˈaɪɾəlɪəs ænd ˈɑːθoʊ, ɪnwˌɪtʃ ˈiːtʃ ˈɜːdʒd ðɪ ˈʌðɚ tʊ ɐbˈeɪt hɪz klˈeɪmz, ænd tə tˈeɪk ˈɛnɪθˌɪŋ ʃˈɔːɹt ʌvðɪ ɪmpˈɪɹiəl pˈaʊɚ.