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Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars

BOOK II
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(Merivale, chapter xiv.) Auximon in a similar way rose against Varus.
(21) After Caesar's campaign with the Nervii, Pompeius had lent him a legion.

When the Parthian war broke out and the Senate required each of the two leaders to supply a legion for it, Pompeius demanded the return of the legion which he had sent to Gaul; and Caesar returned it, together with one of his own.

They were, however, retained in Italy.
(22) See Book VII., 695.
(23) See Book I., 368.
(24) That is to say, by the breaking of the bridge, the river would become a serious obstacle to Caesar.
(25) See line 497.
(26) This family is also alluded to by Horace ("Ars Poetica,") as having worn a garment of ancient fashion leaving their arms bare.

(See also Book VI., 945.) (27) In B.C.77, after the death of Sulla, Carbo had been defeated by Pompeius in 81 B.C., in which occasion Pompeius had, at the early age of twenty-five, demanded and obtained his first triumph.

The war with Sertorius lasted till 71 B.C., when Pompeius and Metellus triumphed in respect of his overthrow.
(28) See Book I., line 369.
(29) In B.C.67, Pompeius swept the pirates off the seas.


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