adversus Batavos aciem, tamquam a Mogontiaco legiones sequerentur; eiusdem proditione caesos, nullis supervenientibus auxiliis: ignota haec ceteris exercitibus neque imperatori suo nuntiari, cum adcursu tot provinciarum extingui repens perfidia potuerit.
They affirmed that it was pursuant to his instructions that they had engaged in combat with the Batavians, relying on the belief that the legions were en route from Mogontiacum; and that through his treachery their fellow soldiers were slain, as no succor was forthcoming to them. They also pointed out that these occurrences had hitherto remained concealed from the other legions and had not been communicated to their emperor, although this new act of treachery could have been prevented by joint action on the part of all the provinces.