. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. D Z > QW. LAST CENTURY OF THE REPUBLIC offered peace on the most moderate terms. But the panic-stricken and conscience-stricken senators, still believing inthe imminent sack of Rome, decided to leave their wives andchildren there while they saved their precious necks, in head-long flight to Capua, and then to Brindisi, and then to great Pompeius showed equal panic. Apparently de-moralised by Caesars swift and decisive movements, he decidedto give up Italy without a struggle and retire to the East, whereall
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. D Z > QW. LAST CENTURY OF THE REPUBLIC offered peace on the most moderate terms. But the panic-stricken and conscience-stricken senators, still believing inthe imminent sack of Rome, decided to leave their wives andchildren there while they saved their precious necks, in head-long flight to Capua, and then to Brindisi, and then to great Pompeius showed equal panic. Apparently de-moralised by Caesars swift and decisive movements, he decidedto give up Italy without a struggle and retire to the East, whereall his triumphs had been won. From there he would fight forthe lordship of the world. But meanwhile Caesar, by his clemency no less than by hisbold resolution, was winning all Italy to his side. Only onemember of his army—his old lieutenant-general Labienus—deserted him, while fresh recruits even from the senatorialparty daily joined him. Cool and methodical as ever, he leftRome to recover from its panic, and the East to wait until hehad secured his hold upon the West. He knew the
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