Livy, Periochae 106-110
Titus Livius or Livy (59 BCE - 17 CE): Roman historian, author of the authorized version of the history of the Roman republic.
A large part of Livy's History of Rome since the Foundation is now lost, but fortunately we have an excerpt, called the Periochae, which helps us reconstruct the general scope. This translation was made by Jona Lendering.
From Book 110 (which is the second dealing with the civil war) |
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[110.1] Gaius Caesar laid siege to Marseilles, which had closed its gates, but left the siege of the city to his deputies Gaius Trebonius and Decimus Brutus and went to Hispania, where he accepted the surrender of Lucius Afranius and Marcus Petreius, deputies of Pompey, and seven legions at Ilerda. He let them all go unharmed. Even [Terentius] Varro, another deputy of Pompey, and his army were brought into Caesar's power. |
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[110.2] He gave the people of Gades the citizenship. |
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[110.3] The Massiliotes, which had been defeated in two naval battles, surrendered themselves to Caesar after a long siege. |
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[110.4] Caesar's deputy Gaius Antonius fought unsuccessfully against the Pompeians in Illyria and was captured. |
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[110.5] In this war, several Opiterginians from across the Po (Caesar's auxiliary troops) killed each other rather than be captured when their raft was surrendered by enemy ships. |
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[110.6] Gaius Curio, Caesar's deputy in Africa, fought successfully against Varus, the leader of the Pompeian faction, but was killed with his army by Juba, the king of Mauretania. |
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[110.7] [48] Gaius Julius Caesar crossed to Greece. |
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