History of Julius Caesar . nssent him, he mourned the death of his great ri-val with sincere and unaffected grief, and wasfilled with indignation against his murderers. Pompey had a signet ring upon his finger atthe time of his assassination, which was takenoff by the Egyptian officers and carried awayto Ptolemy, together with the other articles ofvalue which had been found upon his sent this seal to Caesar to complete theproof that its possessor was no more. Caesar re-ceived this memorial with eager though mourn-ful pleasure, and he preserved it with great ] CiESAE in Eg
History of Julius Caesar . nssent him, he mourned the death of his great ri-val with sincere and unaffected grief, and wasfilled with indignation against his murderers. Pompey had a signet ring upon his finger atthe time of his assassination, which was takenoff by the Egyptian officers and carried awayto Ptolemy, together with the other articles ofvalue which had been found upon his sent this seal to Caesar to complete theproof that its possessor was no more. Caesar re-ceived this memorial with eager though mourn-ful pleasure, and he preserved it with great ] CiESAE in Egypt. 199 Caesars respect for Pompeys memory. Pompeys Pillar. care. And in many ways, during all the re-mainder of his life, he manifested every outwardindication of cherishing the highest respect forPompeys memory. There stands to the pres-ent day, among the ruins of Alexandria, a beau-tiful column, about one hundred feet high, whichhas been known in all modern times as PompeysPillar. It is formed of stone, and is in three. Pompeys Pillar. 200 Julius Cjesar. [ Origin of Pornpeys Pillar. Surrender of Pornpeys officers. parts. One stone forms the pedestal, anotherthe shaft, and a third the capital. The beautyof this column, the perfection of its workman-ship, which still continues in excellent preser-vation, and its antiquity, so great that all dis-tinct record of its origin is lost, have combinedto make it for many ages the wonder and ad-miration of mankind. Although no history ofits origin has come down to us, a tradition hasdescended that Caesar built it during his resi-dence in Egypt, to commemorate the name ofPompey; but whether it was his own victoryover Pompey, or Pornpeys own character andmilitary fame which the structure was intendedto signalize to mankind, can not now be is even some doubt whether it was erect-ed by Caesar at all. While Caesar was in Alexandria, many ofPornpeys officers, now that their master wasdead, and there was no longer any possi
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