‘On the same day (28 Sept.) on which he had triumphed over Mithridates (61 B.C.) Pompeius died on the desert sands of the inhospitable Casian shore by the hands of one of his old soldiers (Septimius).’--M. B60 CN. POMPEIUS MAGNUS, 106-48 B.C. (11) _Cato’s Eulogy on Pompeius._ ‘Civis obit,’ inquit, ‘multum maioribus impar 190 Nosse modum iuris sed in hoc tamen utilis aevo, Cui non ulla fuit iusti reverentia; salva Libertate potens, et solus plebe parata Privatus servire sibi, rectorque senatus, Sed regnantis, erat. Nil belli iure poposcit, 195 Quaeque dari voluit, voluit sibi posse negari. Immodicas possedit opes, sed plura retentis Intulit: invasit ferrum, sed ponere norat; Praetulit arma togae, sed pacem armatus amavit; Iuvit sumpta ducem, iuvit dimissa potestas. 200 Casta domus luxuque carens corruptaque numquam Fortuna domini. Clarum et venerabile nomen Gentibus, et multum nostrae quod proderat urbi. . . . . . . . O felix, cui summa dies fuit obvia victo, 208 Et cui quaerendos Pharium scelus obtulit enses! Forsitan in soceri potuisses vivere regno. Scire mori sors prima viris sed proxima cogi.’ 211 Vocibus his maior, quam si Romana sonarent 215 Rostra ducis laudes, generosam venit ad umbram Mortis honos. LUCAN, _Pharsalia_, ix. 190-217. [Linenotes: 190-191. +multum ... iuris+ = _far inferior to our ancestors in recognising the due bounds of power_. --Haskins. 193. +solus+ (sc. _ex proceribus_) ... +servire sibi+ = _alone (of the chief men of the State) acting the private citizen when the populace were ready to be his slaves_, i.e. acting unlike Sulla or Caesar. --H. 195. +sed regnantis.+ ‘Pompeius came forward as the duly installed general of the Senate against the Imperator of the street, once more to save his country.’ --M. 198. +Intulit+, sc. _in aerarium_. Cf. Shaksp. _Jul. C._ III. ii. (Mark Antony of Caesar) ‘He hath brought many captives home to Rome | Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.’ ‘Caesar devoted the proceeds of the confiscations (the property of defeated opponents) entirely to the benefit of the State.’ --M. 208. +cui summa dies ... victo+ = _whom the day of death met when he was vanquished_, i.e. without his having to seek it himself. --H. 209. +Pharium+ = _Egyptian_, lit. of _Pharos_ (= Faro), an island near Alexandria, famous for its lighthouse. 211. One of Lucan’s famous _sententiae_ (γνῶμαι, _maxims_).] +Pompeius.+ ‘Even in his own age he would have had a clearly defined and respectable position, _had he contented himself with being the general of the Senate_, for which he was from the outset destined.’ --M. B61 CIVIL WAR, 49-45 B.C. (12) _The Grave of Pompeius. His Roll of Fame._