The Last Two Emperors Were Quite Bloodthirsty

We're told that narcissus gave a rousing speech, but it fell on deaf ears. Rather than rallying to his call, some of the soldiers began jeering and chanting io saturnalia. The implication made by the soldiers wasn't just an attack upon narcissus. Plautius and claudius were also being mocked with that chant. And as soon as they started doing it, many of those soldiers must have realized the tough situation they were in,. One that could end up with them being executed.