Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . ks ; his left extended far into theplain, and was flanked by his cavalry, 7,000 innumber, and by a host of light-armed men andarchers. With this left wing he meant to outflankCaesars right, and then to attack him in the rear ;and as it appeared afterwards, he had expressedhimself as absolutely confident of the result.* Hehad about 50,000 men on the field, exclusive oflight troops. At sight of this magnificent army Caesar spoke tohis staff, just as his own men were issuing fromtheir camp in marching order. * We must stop themarch a
Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman imperial system . ks ; his left extended far into theplain, and was flanked by his cavalry, 7,000 innumber, and by a host of light-armed men andarchers. With this left wing he meant to outflankCaesars right, and then to attack him in the rear ;and as it appeared afterwards, he had expressedhimself as absolutely confident of the result.* Hehad about 50,000 men on the field, exclusive oflight troops. At sight of this magnificent army Caesar spoke tohis staff, just as his own men were issuing fromtheir camp in marching order. * We must stop themarch and attack. This is what we have been look-ing for so long; we shall not easily find a betteropportunity. He reconnoitred the enemys forma-tion more closely, and arranged his own to counter-act it. He saw at once that his right wing was tobe turned, and there of course he placed his smallforce of 1,000 cavalry, and the famous tenth legion,which had served him so long and so well. Therest of the army he placed in three lines, and these ?Caes., B. C, iii., 48 ] DyrrhacJiium and Pharsalus. 301 were divided into a left wing, a centre, and a rightwing, commanded respectively by Antonius, Domi-tius, and P. Sulla, a nephew of Sulla the Dictator,who had distinguished himself at Dyrrhachium byhis self-restraint, as well as his skill.* At the lastmoment, as it seems, he made another disposition tostrengthen the threatened right wing, which, as hehimself states with unusual emphasis, decided thefortune of the day. From his third line, or reserve,he drew a detachment of several cohorts, or, as wemay call them, battalions, and placed them in theright rear with special orders, and a warning thatvictory would depend on their valour. His wholeforce cannot be computed at more than 30,000strong, including light-armed troops. When all was ready, he made the usual address,reminding the troops, as he tells us, of all his hope-less efforts to procure peace, and calling them towitness that he
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