position with him; and he sent to him both privately and publicly.  When, however, he found himself unable in any way to effect this, but Pompey burst all restraints, even the relationship that had existed between himself and Caesar, and chose to fight against you, then at last he was compelled to begin a civil war.  And what need is there of telling how daringly he sailed against him in spite of the winter, or how boldly he assailed him, though Pompey held all the strong positions there, or how bravely he vanquished him though much inferior in number of soldiers?  If a man wished to examine each feature in detail, he might show the renowned Pompey to have been a child, so completely was he outgeneraled at every point.

[-45-] “But this I will omit, for Caesar himself likewise never took any pride in it, but he accepted it as a dispensation of destiny, repugnant to him personally.  When Heaven had most justly decided the issue of the battle, what man of those then captured for the first time did he put to death?  Whom, rather, did he not honor, not alone senators or knights or citizens in general, but also allies and subjects?  No one of them either died a violent death, or was made defendant in court, no individual, no king, no tribe, no city.  On the contrary, some arrayed themselves on his side, and others at least obtained immunity with honor, so that then all lamented the men that had been lost.  Such exceeding humanity did he show, that he praised those who had cooeperated with Pompey and allowed them to keep everything the latter had given them, but hated Pharnaces and Orodes, because though friends of the vanquished they had not assisted him.  It was chiefly for this reason that he not long after waged war on Pharnaces, and was preparing to conduct a campaign against Orodes.  He certainly [would have spared] even [Pompey himself if] he had captured him alive.[114] A proof of this is that he did not pursue him at once, but allowed him to flee at his leisure.  Also he was grieved to hear of Pompey’s death and did not praise his murderers, but put them to death for it soon after, and even destroyed besides Ptolemy himself, though a child, because he had allowed his benefactor to perish.

[-46-] “How after this he brought Egypt to terms and how much money he conveyed to you from there it would be superfluous to relate.  And when he made his campaign against Pharnaces, who already held considerable of Pontus and Armenia, he was on the same day reported to the rebel as approaching him, was seen confronting him, engaged in conflict with him, and conquered him.

“This better than anything else established the truth of the assertion that he had not become weaker in Alexandria and had not delayed there out of voluptuousness.  For how could he have won that victory so easily without employing a great store of insight and great force?  When now Pharnaces had fled he was preparing to conduct a campaign at once against the Parthian, but as certain quarrels