A German who witnessed this could not endure it, but taking pity on him cried: "I will help you in the only way that I can." Thereupon he wounded Vitellius and slew himself. How, Vitellius did not die of the wound, but was dragged to the prison, as were also his statues, while many jests and many opprobrious remarks were made about them.
Edition :
Dio's Roman History. Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Earnest Cary. Herbert Baldwin Foster. William Heinemann, Harvard University Press. London; New York. 1914-.
Notes :
For the suicide of the soldier, please refer to: "A Germanic soldiers of Vespasian commits suicide after trying to kill Vitellius." Vitellius is finally killed soon afterwards, described in: "Soldiers of Vespasian kill Vitellius."
