Bellum Alexandrinum 26

B. Alex. 26.1Sub idem tempus Mithridates Pergamēnus, magnae nōbilitātis domī scientiaeque in bellō et virtūtis, fideī dignitātisque in amīcitiā Caesaris, missus in Syriam Ciliciamque initiō bellī Alexandrīnī ad auxilia arcessenda, cum magnīs cōpiīs, quās celeriter et prōpēnsissimā cīvitātium voluntāte et suā dīligentiā cōnfēcerat, itinere pedestrī, quō coniungitur Aegyptus Syriae, Pēlūsium advenit idque oppidum firmō praesidiō occupātum Achillae propter oportūnitātem locī— namque tōta Aegyptus maritumō accessū Pharō, pedestrī Pēlūsiō velut claustrīs mūnīta exīstimātur—, repente magnīs circumdatum cōpiīs pertināciter prōpugnantibus et cōpiārum magnitūdine, quās integrās vulnerātīs dēfessīsque subiciēbat, et persevērantiā cōnstantiāque oppugnandī, quō diē est adgressus, in suam redēgit potestātem praesidiumque ibi suum collocāvit.

About the same time Mithridates of Pergamum, a man of great nobility at home and of skill and courage in war, and of high trust and standing in Caesar's friendship, who had been sent to Syria and Cilicia at the start of the Alexandrian War to fetch auxiliaries, came to Pelusium by the land route by which Egypt is joined to Syria, with large forces which he had quickly gathered thanks both to the very eager goodwill of the communities and to his own diligence; that town had been occupied by Achillas with a strong garrison because of the advantage of its position — for the whole of Egypt is considered to be protected by Pharos on the side of approach by sea and by Pelusium on the side of approach by land, as if by barriers —; he suddenly surrounded it with large forces, and though the defenders resisted stubbornly, he brought it into his power on the very day he attacked it, both by the size of his forces, sending fresh men in to replace the wounded and exhausted, and by his persistence and steadiness in the assault, and he placed his own garrison there.

Note. A single very long sentence. Mithridates of Pergamum was said to be a son of Mithridates the Great. Achillae: dative of agent with occupātum. maritumō accessū Pharō, pedestrī Pelūsiō: 'by Pharos on the sea approach, by Pelusium on the land approach'. integrās vulnerātīs dēfessīsque subiciēbat: 'he put in fresh troops in place of the wounded and exhausted'.

B. Alex. 26.3Inde rē bene gestā Alexandrīam ad Caesarem contendit omnēsque eās regiōnēs, per quās iter faciēbat, auctōritāte eā, quae plērumque adest victōrī, pācārat atque in amīcitiam Caesaris redēgerat.

From there, after this success, he pressed on to Alexandria to join Caesar, and he had pacified all the regions through which he made his way, by the authority which usually attends a victor, and brought them into friendship with Caesar.

Note. plērumque: adverb, 'usually'. pācārat = pācāverat.