he hoped to win them over without conflict. This
also took place. They tried to break through
at many points, but were unable to do so anywhere:
they were wearied from loss of sleep and from their
march; they had no food, since, expecting to finish
their journey the same day, they had brought none,
and were not well supplied with water, for that region
is notably waterless: for these reasons they
surrendered themselves, on condition that they should
not be maltreated nor compelled to join his expedition
against Pompey. [-23-]Caesar kept each of his promises
to them scrupulously He killed not a single man captured
in this war in spite of the fact that his foes had
once, during a kind of truce, destroyed some of his
own men who were in an unguarded position; and he did
not force them to fight against Pompey, but released
the most eminent and employed the rest as voluntary
allies induced by the prospect of gains and honors.
By this act he grew very greatly both in reputation
and prosperity, and attached to his cause all the
cities in Spain and all the soldiers who were in them
(some of whom were in Baetica and others, quite a
number, with Marcus Terentius Varro, the lieutenant).
[-24-] In taking charge of these and arranging their
affairs he pursued his course as far as Gades, injuring
no one except so far as a collection of money was
concerned,—for of this he levied very large
amounts. Many of the natives he honored both
privately and publicly and to all the people of Gades
he granted citizenship, in which the people of Rome
later confirmed them. This kindness he did them
in return for the vision of his dream at the time
that he was quaestor there, wherein he seemed to have
intercourse with his mother and had received the hope
of sole rulership, as I have stated.[70] After this
act he assigned that nation to Cassius Longinus because
the latter was accustomed to the inhabitants from
his quaestorship which he had served under Pompey.
Caesar himself proceeded by boat to Tarraco.
Thence he advanced across the Pyrenees, but did not
set up any trophy on their summits because he understood
that not even Pompey was well spoken of for so doing;
but he erected a great altar constructed of polished
stones not far from his rival’s trophies.
[-25-] While this was going on the Massilians, as
ships had again been sent them by Pompey, faced danger
afresh. They were defeated, to be sure, on this
occasion also, but held their ground even though they
learned that Caesar was already master of Spain.
All attacks they vigorously repulsed and made a truce,
pretendedly for the purpose of arranging terms with
Caesar, when he should come. Then they sent out
Domitius secretly and wrought such havoc among the
soldiers who had attacked them in the midst of the
truce and by night, that these ventured to make no
further attempts. With Caesar, however, when he
came himself, they made terms: he at that time
deprived them of their arms, ships and money, and
later of everything else except the name of freedom.
To counterbalance this misfortune Phocaea, their mother
city, was made independent by Pompey.