[-18-] “Another point—­do not fear the soldiers nor regard them in any other light than as guardians of my dominion, which is at the same time yours:  that they should be maintained is inevitable, for many reasons, but they will be maintained for your benefit, not against you; they will be content with what is given them and think well of the givers.  For this reason larger taxes than is customary have been levied, in order that the opposition might be made submissive and the victorious element, receiving sufficient support, might not become an opposition.  Of course I have received no private gain from these funds, seeing that I have expended for you all that I possessed, including much that I had borrowed.  No, you can see that a part has been expended on the wars, and the rest has been kept safe for you:  it will serve to adorn the city and administer the other governmental departments.  I have, then, taken upon my own shoulders the odium of the levy, whereas you will all enjoy its advantages in common, in the campaigns as well as elsewhere.  We are in need of arms, at every moment, since without them it is impossible for us, who inhabit so great a city and hold so extensive an empire, to live safely:  now the surplus of money will be a mighty assistance in this matter.  However, let none of you suspect that I shall harass any man who is rich or establish any new taxes:  I shall be satisfied with the present collections and be anxious to help make some contribution to you than to wrong any one for his money.”

By such, statements in the senate and afterward before the people Caesar relieved them to some extent of their fears, but was not able to persuade them entirely to be of good courage until he corroborated his declarations by his deeds.

[-19-] After this he conducted subsequent proceedings in a brilliant manner, as was fitting in honor of so many and such decisive victories.  He celebrated triumphs over the Gauls, for Egypt, for Pharnaces and for Juba, in four sections, on four separate days.  Most of it doubtless delighted the spectators, but the sight of Arsinoe of Egypt—­he had brought her along among the captives—­and the horde of lictors and the symbols of triumph taken from citizens who had fallen in Africa displeased them exceedingly.  The lictors, on account of their numbers, appeared to them a most outrageous multitude, since never before had they beheld so many at one time:  and the sight of Arsinoe, a woman and once called queen, in chains (a spectacle which had never yet been offered, in Rome at least), aroused very great pity, and in consequence on this excuse they incidentally lamented their personal misfortunes.  She, to be sure, was released out of consideration for her brothers, but others including Vercingetorix were put to death.