History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2

Plutarch, Lucullus, 9.

1179

Suetonius, Cæsar, 22. – Plutarch, Cæsar, 14.

1180

Appian, Civil Wars, II. 14.

1181

Plutarch, Crassus, 17.

1182

Dio Cassius, XXXVIII. 8. – Suetonius, Cæsar, 22.

1183

Suetonius, Cæsar, 22.

1184

Dio Cassius, XL. 34.

1185

“At the gladiatorial exhibition, the giver of the show and all his attendants were received with hisses. At the games in honour of Apollo, the tragedian Diphilus made a pointed allusion to our friend Pompey in the lines —

‘’Tis through our woes that thou art great,’

and was called upon to repeat the words a thousand times. Further on, the whole assembly cheered him when he said,

‘A time shall come, when thou thyself shall weep

That power of thine so deadly’ —

for they are lines that one might have said were written on purpose by an enemy of Pompey. The words

‘If nought, nor law, nor virtue, hold thee back,’

were received with a tempest of acclamation. When Cæsar arrived, he met with a cold reception. Curio, on the other hand, who followed him, was saluted with a thousand cheers, as Pompey used to be in the prosperous times of the Republic. Cæsar was annoyed, and sent off a courier post haste to Pompey, who is, they say, at Capua.” (Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 19.)

1186

Suetonius, Cæsar, 9.

1187

Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 19.

1188

“Bibulus is being praised to the skies, I know not why; but he is being extolled as the one only man who, by temporising, has restored the State. Pompey, my idol Pompey, has been his own ruin, as I own with tears to-day; he has no one left who takes his side from affection. I am afraid that they will find it necessary to resort to intimidation. For my own part, I forbear, on the one hand, to combat their views on account of my ancient friendship with them, and, on the other, my antecedents prevent my approving of what they are about; I preserve a middle course. The humour of the people is best seen in the theatres.” (Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 19, 20, 21.)

1189

“He keeps prudently in the background, but hopes at a safe distance to witness their shipwreck.” (Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 7.)

1190

Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 13.

1191

Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 17.

1192

Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 20, 21.

1193

Dio Cassius, XXXVIII. 11.

1194

Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 24.

1195

Cicero, Oration against Vatinius, II. – Dio Cassius, XXXVIII. 9.

1196

Scholiast of Bobbio, On Cicero’s Oration against Vatinius, p. 330, edit. Orelli. – Appian, Civil Wars, II. 2 and 12.

1197

Appian, Civil Wars, II. 12.

1198

Suetonius, Cæsar, 20.

1199

“He (Ariovistus) knows, by his messengers, that in causing Cæsar’s death he would gratify a number of great persons at Rome; his death would win to him their favour and friendship.” (Cæsar, War in Gaul, I. 44.)