Plutarch's Lives volume Iii.
Plutarch's Lives volume Iii.
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3, &c. ) Pompeiusapproached the shore of Egypt with several vessels and about 2000soldiers.
As to the circumstances in this chapter, compare Dion Cassius (42. C. 3), Appianus (_Civil Wars_, ii. 84), and Cæsar (_Civil War_, iii. 104). Cæsar simply mentions the assassination of Pompeius. He says nomore about it. ] [Footnote 392: The death of Pompeius is mentioned by Cicero (_AdAtticum_, xi. 6). As to his age, Drumann observes, "He was born B. C. 106, and was consequently 58 years old when he was ...killed, on the 29thof September, or on the day before his birthday, about the time of theautumnal equinox according to the unreformed calendar. " (Lucanus, viii467. )] [Footnote 393: He is called Cordus by Lucanus (viii. 715), and hadformerly been a quæstor of Pompeius. ] COMPARISON OF AGESILAUS AND POMPEIUS.
I. As both these men's lives are now before us, let us brieflyrecapitulate them, observing as we do so the points in which theydiffer from one another. These are as follows:--First, Pompeiusobtained his power and renown by the most strictly legitimate means, chiefly by his own exertions when assisting Sulla in the liberation ofItaly; while Agesilaus obtained the throne in defiance of both humanand divine laws, for he declared Leotychides to be a bastard, althoughhis brother had publicly recognised him as his own son, and he also bya quibble evaded the oracle about a lame reign.
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3, &c. ) Pompeiusapproached the shore of Egypt with several vessels and about 2000soldiers.
As to the circumstances in this chapter, compare Dion Cassius (42. C. 3), Appianus (_Civil Wars_, ii. 84), and Cæsar (_Civil War_, iii. 104). Cæsar simply mentions the assassination of Pompeius. He says nomore about it. ] [Footnote 392: The death of Pompeius is mentioned by Cicero (_AdAtticum_, xi. 6). As to his age, Drumann observes, "He was born B. C. 106, and was consequently 58 years old when he was ...killed, on the 29thof September, or on the day before his birthday, about the time of theautumnal equinox according to the unreformed calendar. " (Lucanus, viii467. )] [Footnote 393: He is called Cordus by Lucanus (viii. 715), and hadformerly been a quæstor of Pompeius. ] COMPARISON OF AGESILAUS AND POMPEIUS.
I. As both these men's lives are now before us, let us brieflyrecapitulate them, observing as we do so the points in which theydiffer from one another. These are as follows:--First, Pompeiusobtained his power and renown by the most strictly legitimate means, chiefly by his own exertions when assisting Sulla in the liberation ofItaly; while Agesilaus obtained the throne in defiance of both humanand divine laws, for he declared Leotychides to be a bastard, althoughhis brother had publicly recognised him as his own son, and he also bya quibble evaded the oracle about a lame reign.
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