A history of Rome for junior classes : with a map of Italy and ample chronological table . VEsiAi. BUST or JULIUS C^ESAB. CHAPTER XI. PROM THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN POMPEY AND C.«:SAR, DOWNTO THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM. 49 TO 31. The fugitive tribunes found Ctesar at Ravenna. Havingheard the report of what was going on at Rome,, hehesitated for a moment, as to whether he should crossthe Rubicon, a little stream which sepai^ated his provincefrom Italy. ^Yhen he had made up his mind, he calledout, *• The die is cast, and having sent orders for thelegions in Gaul to follow him, he crosse
A history of Rome for junior classes : with a map of Italy and ample chronological table . VEsiAi. BUST or JULIUS C^ESAB. CHAPTER XI. PROM THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN POMPEY AND C.«:SAR, DOWNTO THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM. 49 TO 31. The fugitive tribunes found Ctesar at Ravenna. Havingheard the report of what was going on at Rome,, hehesitated for a moment, as to whether he should crossthe Rubicon, a little stream which sepai^ated his provincefrom Italy. ^Yhen he had made up his mind, he calledout, *• The die is cast, and having sent orders for thelegions in Gaul to follow him, he crossed the riverwith his small force. Accompanied by his veterans,who w^ere devoted to him, he hastened southward,hopiiig to siuprise his enemies before they had com-pleted their preparations; and all the towns on hisroute readily opened their gates to him. Pompey, whowas roused too late from his feeling of security, had notthe courage to await the arrival of his opponent at Rome;but with only a few trustworthy soldiers, an army ofhastily-levied and untrained recruits, and accompaniedby a laige number of
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