n Caesar and Pompey 239

Pompey joins the aristocratical party 239

49. Proposition that Caesar should lay down his command 240

The Senate invest the Consuls with dictatorial power 240

The Tribunes Antony and Cassius fly to Caesar's camp 240

Commencement of the Civil War 240

CHAPTER XXXV.

THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND CIVIL WAR TO CAESAR'S DEATH, B.C. 49-44.

49. Caesar at Ravenna 241

He crosses the Rubicon 241

His triumphal progress through Italy 241

Pompey and his party fly from Rome to Brundusium 242

They are pursued by Caesar 242

They embark for Greece 242

Caesar goes to Rome 242

He sets out for Spain 242

He conquers L. Africanus and M. Petreius, Pompey's
lieutenants in Spain 243

Is appointed Dictator, which office he holds only
eleven days 243

He takes Massilia 243

48. He sails from Brundusium to Greece 243

He besieges Pompey at Dyrrhachium 244

Is compelled to retire 241

Battle of Pharsalia, and defeat of Pompey 244

Pompey flies to Egypt 245

His death 245

Caesar is appointed Dictator a second time 245

The Alexandrine War 245

47. Conclusion of the Alexandrine War 246

Caesar marches into Pontus and defeats Pharnaces 246

He sails to Africa 246

46. Battle of Thapsus, and defeat of the Pompeians 246

Siege of Utica