(_De Bello Civili_, i. 2.)
[15] "Seque alterum fore Sullam inter suos gloriatur."--_De Bello
Civili_, i. 4.
[16] "Tum certe tyrannus existet."--_To Atticus_, vii. 5.
[17] _To Atticus_, vii. 6.
[18] _Ibid_., vii. 7, abridged.
[19] _To Atticus_, vii. 9, abridged.
CHAPTER XXI.
Caesar, when the report of the Senate's action reached him, addressed his
soldiers. He had but one legion with him, the 13th. But one legion would
represent the rest. He told them what the Senate had done, and why they
had done it. "For nine years he and his army had served their country
loyally and with some success. They had driven the Germans over the Rhine;
they had made Gaul a Roman province; and the Senate for answer had broken
the constitution, and had set aside the tribunes because they spoke in his
defence. They had voted the State in danger, and had called Italy to arms
when no single act had been done by himself to justify them." The soldiers
whom--Pompey supposed disaffected declared with enthusiasm that they would
support their commander and the tribunes. They offered to serve without
pay. Officers and men volunteered contributions for the expenses of the
war. In all the army one officer alone proved false. Labienus kept his
word to Pompey and stole away to Capua. He left his effects behind, and
Caesar sent them after him untouched.
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