The troops and ships of the victorious Caesar were close at hand; many of Gabinius' men were serving in the Egyptian army.

To receive the vanquished Pompey kindly was to make the victorious Caesar a foe.

I was to witness the terrible solution of this dilemma.

The infamous words of Theodotus, 'Dead dogs no longer bite,' had turned the scale.
"My brother and I reached Mount Casius with our precious freight, and pitched our tents to await a messenger, when a large body of armed men approached from the city.

At first we feared that we were pursued; but a spy reported that the King himself was among the soldiery, and at the same time a large Roman galley drew near the coast.