History of Julius Caesar (1849) (14783116272)

Identifier: historyofjuliusc03abbo (find matches)
Title: History of Julius Caesar
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
Subjects: Caesar, Julius
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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HMM IllSF 11 m m ws : illllii B.C.48.) Cesar in Egypt. 193 Caesar after the battle of Pharsalia. His clemency. Chapter IX. CiESAR IN E GYPT. CiESAR surveyed the field of battle afterthe victory of Pharsalia, not with the feel-ings of exultation which might have been ex-pected in a victorious general, but with compas-sion and sorrow for the fallen soldiers whosedead bodies covered the ground. After gazingupon the scene sadly and in silence for a time,he said, They would have it so, and thusdismissed from his mind all sense of his ownresponsibility for the consequences which hadensued. He treated the immense body of prisonerswhich had fallen into his hands with great clem-ency, partly from the natural impulses of hisdisposition, which were always generous andnoble, and partly from policy, that he mightconciliate them all, officers and soldiers, to ac-quiescence in his future rule. He then sentback a large portion of his force to Italy, and,taking a body of cavalry from the rest, in orde