. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. ons to Pompeius, which would have beenmadness if he had then intended to wade through bloodshedto a throne. In all the abortive negotiations which precededthe outbreak of the great civil war, Caesar was prepared toresign everything except the one condition upon which his verylife depended, namely, that he should not have to return toRome as a defenceless private citizen. The civil war was dueto the mad folly of the conservatives led by Marcellus, who hadconvinced themselves that Caesar meant to sack Rome with hisGallic
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. ons to Pompeius, which would have beenmadness if he had then intended to wade through bloodshedto a throne. In all the abortive negotiations which precededthe outbreak of the great civil war, Caesar was prepared toresign everything except the one condition upon which his verylife depended, namely, that he should not have to return toRome as a defenceless private citizen. The civil war was dueto the mad folly of the conservatives led by Marcellus, who hadconvinced themselves that Caesar meant to sack Rome with hisGallic cavalry and to reign as tyrant over its ashes. In the endthey succeeded in communicating their panic to Pompeius. Conciliatory to the last, Caesar was driven to show thathe was in earnest. Bidden to dismiss his army, and declareda public enemy, in January 49 he took the decisive stepofcrossing the little river Rubicon which marked the frontier ofItaly. Even then it was only a demonstration of force. Only1500 men followed Caesar to Rimini and Arezzo, and he still120. D Z > QW
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