[Linenotes: 167. +Dixit+, sc. Caesar. +ad montes+, i.e. the rocky hills through which the retreating Pompeians had to pass before they could reach the Ebro valley. Caesar, by a wonderful march, outstrips (+praevenit+) them and blocks the way. 169. +spatio+ (sc. _interposito_) +languentia nullo+ = _not failing_ (+languentia+) _owing to the distance_, i.e. they were so near they could not fail to recognise one another. --Haskins. 173. +metu+, i.e. of their leaders. 175. +Rupit leges+ = _burst the bonds of discipline_. --H. 178. +Admonet ... aetas+ = _one is reminded of his friend by the time passed together in boyhood’s pursuits_. --H. 200. +Extrahit+ = _whiles away_.] +Result of the Campaign.+ The whole of the western half of the Empire was now in Caesar’s power, with the single exception of Massilia. B53 CIVIL WAR, 49-45 B.C. (4) _Siege of Massilia. A Treacherous Sortie, 49 B.C._ A. Iam satis hoc Graiae memorandum contigit urbi Aeternumque decus, quod non impulsa nec ipso Strata metu tenuit flagrantis in omnia belli 390 Praecipitem cursum, raptisque a Caesare cunctis Vincitur una mora. Quantum est quod fata tenentur, Quodque virum toti properans imponere mundo Hos perdit fortuna, dies! LUCAN, iii. 388-394. +Context.+ Caesar’s appeal to the leading citizens to espouse his cause was at first successful, but the arrival of Domitius (whom he had treated so generously at Corfinium) with a fleet caused the Massiliots to change their mind. Unable to remain himself, Caesar entrusted the siege to Trebonius, supported by Dec. Brutus with the fleet. He has, however, left us a detailed account of their skill and energy, and of the heroic defence of the citizens, +marred by a treacherous sortie under a truce+. He returned to receive its final submission, and left the city unharmed, as a tribute ‘rather to its ancient renown than to any claim it had on himself.’ [Linenotes: 389. +non impulsa+ = _not urged by others_, i.e. by Pompeius and his adherents. But cf. Caesar, _de B. C._ i. 34. 391. +raptis+ = _speedily won_. --H.]