Civil War, Book 3

Caesar, De Bello Civili III

The war in Greece: Dyrrachium, Pharsalus, Pompey's death in Egypt, and the beginning of the Alexandrian war. 112 sections, 755 sentences, each with an English translation.

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Chapter 1Caesar consul: debts and exilesDictātōre habente comitia Caesare cōnsulēs creantur Iūlius Caesar et P.…
Chapter 2To BrundisiumHīs rēbus et fēriīs Latīnīs comitiīsque omnibus perficiendīs xi diēs tribuit…
Chapter 3Pompey's preparations at seaPompēius annuum spatium ad conparandās cōpiās nactus, quod vacuum ā bellō atque…
Chapter 4Pompey's armyLegiōnēs effēcerat cīvium Rōmānōrum viiii: v ex Ītaliā quās trādūxerat;
Chapter 5Pompey's fleet and its commandersFrūmentī vim maximam ex Thessaliā Asiā Aegyptō Crētā Cȳrēnīs reliquīsque…
Chapter 6Caesar crosses to EpirusCaesar ut Brundisium vēnit, cōntiōnātus apud mīlitēs, quoniam prope ad fīnem…
Chapter 7Bibulus too lateErat Ōricī Lucrētius Vespillō et Minucius Rūfus cum Asiāticīs nāvibus xviii,…
Chapter 8Bibulus burns the transportsExpositīs mīlitibus nāvēs eādem nocte Brundisium ā Caesare remittuntur, ut…
Chapter 9The siege of SalonaeDiscessū Liburnārum ex Illyricō M. Octāvius cum iīs quās habēbat nāvibus…
Chapter 10Caesar's peace proposalsDēmōnstrāvimus L. Vibullium Rūfum, Pompēī praefectum, bis in potestātem…
Chapter 11Oricum surrendersVibullius expositus Corcȳrae nōn minus necessārium esse exīstimāvit dē…
Chapter 12Apollonia and Epirus go over to CaesarReceptō Caesar Ōricō nūllā interpositā morā Apollōniam proficīscitur.
Chapter 13Panic in Pompey's armyAt Pompēius cognitīs hīs rēbus, quae erant Ōricī atque Apollōniae gestae,…
Chapter 14Calenus turns backCalēnus legiōnibus equitibusque Brundisī in nāvīs inpositīs, ut erat praeceptum…
Chapter 15Bibulus cut off from the landBibulus, ut suprā dēmōnstrātum est, erat cum classe ad Ōricum, et sīcutī marī…
Chapter 16Libo asks for a truceCaesar eō tempore cum legiōne ūnā profectus ad recipiendās ulteriōrēs cīvitātēs…
Chapter 17Caesar's terms are refusedQuibus rēbus neque tum respondendum Caesar exīstimāvit, neque nunc, ut memoriae…
Chapter 18The death of Bibulus; Pompey rejects peaceBibulus multōs diēs terrā prohibitus et graviōre morbō ex frīgore ac labōre…
Chapter 19Talks at the river Apsus end in violenceInter bīna castra Pompēī atque Caesaris ūnum flūmen tantum intererat Apsus,…
Chapter 20Caelius stirs up the debtorsĪsdem temporibus M. Caelius Rūfus praetor causā dēbitōrum susceptā initiō…
Chapter 21Caelius and MiloCum resisteret Servīlius cōnsul reliquīque magistrātūs et minus opīniōne suā…
Chapter 22The deaths of Milo and CaeliusInterim Milō dīmissīs circum mūnicipia litterīs sē ea quae faceret iussū atque…
Chapter 23Libo blockades BrundisiumLibō profectus ab Ōricō cum classe cui praeerat nāvium l Brundisium vēnit…
Chapter 24Antony's trapErat eō tempore Antōnius Brundisiī;
Chapter 25Caesar urges the crossingMultī iam mēnsēs erant et hiems praecipitāverat, neque Brundisiō nāvēs…
Chapter 26Antony and Calenus crossIllī adhibitā audāciā et virtūte administrantibus M. Antōniō et Fūfiō Calēnō,…
Chapter 27A sudden change of fortuneHīc subitam commūtātiōnem fortūnae vidēre licuit.
Chapter 28Two ships at LissusNostrae nāvēs duae tardius cursū cōnfectō in noctem coniectae, cum ignōrārent,…
Chapter 29Antony lands at LissusQuō factō conventus cīvium Rōmānōrum, quī Lissum obtinēbant, quod oppidum iīs…
Chapter 30Pompey tries to trap AntonyHaec eōdem ferē tempore Caesar atque Pompēius cognōscunt.
Chapter 31Scipio squeezes the province of AsiaHīs temporibus Scīpiō dētrīmentīs quibusdam circā montem Amānum acceptīs…
Chapter 32The plundering of the provinceInterim acerbissimē imperātae pecūniae tōtā prōvinciā exigēbantur.
Chapter 33The treasure of EphesusPraetereā Ephesī ā fānō Diānae dēpositās antīquitus pecūniās Scīpiō tollī…
Chapter 34Caesar sends his legates into GreeceCaesar Antōnī exercitū coniūnctō dēductā Ōricō legiōne, quam tuendae ōrae…
Chapter 35Aetolia and ThessalyEx hīs Calvīsius prīmō adventū summā omnium Aetōlōrum receptus voluntāte…
Chapter 36Scipio's forced marchesEōdemque tempore Domitius in Macedoniam vēnit;
Chapter 37Scipio declines battleScīpiō bīduum castrīs statīvīs morātus ad flūmen, quod inter eum et Domitī…
Chapter 38Domitius' ambushHīs rēbus gestīs Domitius spērāns Scīpiōnem ad pugnam ēlicī posse simulāvit…
Chapter 39Acilius secures OricumDēductīs ōrae maritimae Caesar praesidiīs, ut suprā dēmōnstrātum est, iii…
Chapter 40The younger Pompey at Oricum and LissusQuibus cognitīs rēbus Cn. Pompēius fīlius, quī classī Aegyptiae praeerat, ad…
Chapter 41The race to DyrrachiumCaesar postquam Pompēium ad Asparagium esse cognōvit, eōdem cum exercitū…
Chapter 42Pompey at Petra; Caesar's grainPompēius interclūsus Dyrrachiō, ubi prōpositum tenēre nōn potuit, secundō ūsus…
Chapter 43Caesar begins to blockade PompeyQuibus rēbus cognitīs Caesar cōnsilium capit ex locī nātūrā.
Chapter 44Pompey's counter-linesPompēius neque ā marī Dyrrachiōque discēdere volēbat, quod omnem adparātum…
Chapter 45The ninth legion under fireIn occupandīs praesidiīs magnā vī uterque nītēbātur: Caesar, ut quam…
Chapter 46The ninth legion breaks outCaesar receptuī suōrum timēns crātēs ad extrēmum tumulum contrā hostem prōferrī…
Chapter 47A strange kind of siegeErat nova et inūsitāta bellī ratiō cum tot castellōrum numerō tantōque spatiō…
Chapter 48Bread from the chara rootEst etiam genus rādīcis inventum ab iīs quī fuerant ab alebribus, quod…
Chapter 49Pompey's army short of waterIamque frūmenta mātūrēscere incipiēbant atque ipsa spēs inopiam sustentābat,…
Chapter 50Night attacks with arrowsIn novō genere bellī novae ab utrīsque bellandī ratiōnēs reperiēbantur.
Chapter 51Sulla relieves a fortInterim certior factus P. Sulla, quem discēdēns castrīs praefēcerat Caesar,…
Chapter 52Fighting at two more fortsEōdem tempore duōbus praetereā locīs pugnātum est;
Chapter 53Scaeva's shieldIta ūnō diē sex proeliīs factīs, tribus ad Dyrrachium, tribus ad mūnītiōnēs,…
Chapter 54Pompey strengthens his campPompēius noctū magnīs additīs mūnītiōnibus reliquīs diēbus turrēs extrūxit et…
Chapter 55Caesar offers battleOmnibus deinceps diēbus Caesar exercitum in aciem aequum in locum prōdūxit, sī…
Chapter 56Calenus in GreeceAetōliā, Acarnāniā, Amphilochīs per Cassium Longīnum et Calvīsium Sabīnum, ut…
Chapter 57Caesar's message to ScipioHaec cum in Achāiā atque apud Dyrrachium gererentur Scīpiōnemque in Macedoniam…
Chapter 58Pompey's cavalry starvesCaesar quō facilius equitātum Pompēiānum ad Dyrrachium continēret et…
Chapter 59Two Allobrogian brothersErant apud Caesarem in equitum numerō Allobrogēs iī frātrēs, Roucillus et…
Chapter 60The brothers desert to PompeyCaesar neque tempus illud animadversiōnis esse exīstimāns et multa virtūtī…
Chapter 61Pompey parades the desertersQuōs Pompēius, quod erant honestō locō nātī et īnstrūctī līberāliter magnōque…
Chapter 62Pompey prepares to break outQuibus ille cognitīs ēruptiōnisque iam ante captō cōnsiliō, ut dēmōnstrātum…
Chapter 63The weak point in Caesar's linesErat eō locō fossā pedum xv et vallum contrā hostem in altitūdinem pedum x,…
Chapter 64The dying eagle-bearerHōc tumultū nūntiātō Mārcellīnus cohortēs subsidiō nostrīs labōrantibus…
Chapter 65Antony and Caesar come upIamque Pompēiānī magnā caede nostrōrum castrīs Mārcellīnī adpropinquābant nōn…
Chapter 66The old camp and the river rampartQuā perfectā mūnītiōne animadversum est ab speculātōribus Caesaris, cohortēs…
Chapter 67Caesar attacks the Pompeian legionEō signa legiōnis lāta speculātōrēs Caesarī renūntiārunt.
Chapter 68Fortune turnsSed fortūna, quae plūrimum potest cum in reliquīs rēbus tum praecipuē in bellō,…
Chapter 69Panic on the right wingInterim Pompēius hāc satis longā interiectā morā et rē nūntiātā v legiōnēs ab…
Chapter 70What saved the armyHīs tantīs malīs haec subsidia succurrēbant, quōminus omnis dēlērētur…
Chapter 71The losses; Labienus kills the prisonersDuōbus hīs ūnīus diēī proeliīs Caesar dēsīderāvit mīlitēs dcccclx et nōtōs…
Chapter 72Pompeian overconfidenceHīs rēbus tantum fīdūciae ac spīritūs Pompēiānīs accessit, ut nōn dē ratiōne…
Chapter 73Caesar rallies his army after the defeatCaesar ab superiōribus cōnsiliīs dēpulsus omnem sibi commūtandam bellī ratiōnem…
Chapter 74The army burns to make amendsHāc habitā cōntiōne nōnnūllōs signiferōs ignōminiā notāvit ac locō mōvit.
Chapter 75The night march to ApolloniaItaque nūllā interpositā morā sauciōrum modo et aegrōrum habitā ratiōne…
Chapter 76Caesar escapes Pompey's pursuitCōnfectō iūstō itinere eius diēī quod prōposuerat Caesar, trāductōque exercitū…
Chapter 77Pompey gives up the chasePosterō diē Caesar similiter praemissīs prīmā nocte impedīmentīs dē quārta…
Chapter 78Caesar's plans for the campaignCaesarī ad sauciōs dēpōnendōs, stīpendium exercituī dandum, sociōs…
Chapter 79A race to reach DomitiusHīs dē causīs uterque eōrum celeritātī studēbat, et suīs ut esset auxiliō, et…
Chapter 80The storming of GomphiConiūnctō exercitū Caesar Gomphōs pervēnit, quod est oppidum prīmum Thessaliae…
Chapter 81Thessaly submitsMētropolītae prīmum eōdem ūsī cōnsiliō, īsdem permōtī rūmōribus portās…
Chapter 82Overconfidence in Pompey's campPompēius paucīs post diēbus in Thessaliam pervēnit cōntiōnātusque apud cūnctum…
Chapter 83Quarrels over the spoilsIam dē sacerdōtiō Caesaris Domitius, Scīpiō Spinthērque Lentulus cōtīdiānīs…
Chapter 84Caesar offers battleRē frūmentāriā praeparātā cōnfirmātīsque mīlitibus et satis longō spatiō…
Chapter 85The chance for battle at PharsalusPompēius, quī castra in colle habēbat, ad īnfimās rādīcēs montis aciem…
Chapter 86Pompey's plan for the battlePompēius quoque, ut posteā cognitum est, suōrum omnium hortātū statuerat…
Chapter 87Labienus scorns Caesar's armyHunc Labiēnus excēpit, ut, cum Caesaris cōpiās dēspiceret, Pompēī cōnsilium…
Chapter 88Pompey's battle lineCaesar cum Pompēī castrīs adpropinquāsset, ad hunc modum aciem eius īnstrūctam…
Chapter 89Caesar's line and the fourth lineCaesar superius īnstitūtum servāns x legiōnem in dextrō cornū, nōnam in…
Chapter 90Caesar addresses his armyExercitum cum mīlitārī mōre ad pugnam cohortārētur suaque in eum perpetuī…
Chapter 91CrastinusErat Crāstinus ēvocātus in exercitū Caesaris, quī superiōre annō apud eum…
Chapter 92Pompey's mistakeInter duās aciēs tantum erat relictum spatiī, ut satis esset ad concursum…
Chapter 93The battle of PharsalusSed nostrī mīlitēs datō signō cum īnfestīs pīlīs prōcucurrissent atque animum…
Chapter 94The Pompeians breakEōdem tempore tertiam aciem Caesar quae quiēta fuerat et sē ad id tempus locō…
Chapter 95The storming of Pompey's campCaesar Pompēiānīs ex fugā intrā vallum conpulsīs nūllum spatium perterritīs…
Chapter 96Luxury in the camp; Pompey's flightIn castrīs Pompēī vidēre licuit trichilās strūctās, magnum argentī pondus…
Chapter 97The Pompeians cut off on a hillCaesar castrīs potītus ā mīlitibus contendit, nē in praedā occupātī reliquī…
Chapter 98The surrenderCaesar prīmā lūce omnēs eōs, quī in monte cōnsēderant, ex superiōribus locīs in…
Chapter 99The losses on both sidesIn eō proeliō nōn amplius ducentōs mīlitēs dēsīderāvit, sed centuriōnēs fortēs…
Chapter 100Laelius at BrundisiumEōdem tempore D. Laelius cum classe ad Brundisium vēnit eādemque ratiōne, quā…
Chapter 101Cassius burns Caesar's fleetsĪsdem ferē temporibus Cassius cum classe Syrōrum et Phoenīcum et Cilicum in…
Chapter 102Pompey's flight to CyprusCaesar omnibus rēbus relictīs persequendum sibi Pompēium exīstimāvit,…
Chapter 103Pompey sails for EgyptQuibus cognitīs rēbus Pompēius dēpositō adeundae Syriae cōnsiliō pecūniā…
Chapter 104The murder of PompeyHīs tum cognitīs rēbus amīcī rēgis, quī propter aetātem eius in prōcūrātiōne…
Chapter 105Portents of Caesar's victoryCaesar cum in Asiam vēnisset, reperiēbat T. Ampium cōnātum esse pecūniās…
Chapter 106Caesar lands at AlexandriaCaesar paucōs diēs in Asiā morātus cum audīsset Pompēium Cyprī vīsum,…
Chapter 107Caesar offers to judge between Ptolemy and CleopatraQuibus rēbus animadversīs legiōnēs sibi aliās ex Asiā addūcī iussit, quās ex…
Chapter 108Pothinus and the king's willErat in prōcūrātiōne regnī propter aetātem puerī nūtrīcius eius, eunūchus…
Chapter 109Achillas murders the king's envoysDē hīs rēbus cum agerētur apud Caesarem, isque maximē vellet prō commūnī amīcō…
Chapter 110The army of AchillasErant cum Achillā eae cōpiae, ut neque numerō neque genere hominum neque ūsū…
Chapter 111Fighting in the city and the harbourHīs cōpiīs fīdēns Achillās paucitātemque mīlitum Caesaris dēspiciēns occupābat…
Chapter 112Pharos, Arsinoe and the death of PothinusPharus est in īnsulā turris magnā altitūdine, mīrificīs operibus extrūcta;

Caesar, De Bello Civili III. Latin text: R. du Pontet, C. Iuli Caesaris Commentariorum pars posterior (Oxford, 1901), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: LatinCy, then every word checked and corrected by hand. English translation, notes and grammar hints: written for this app.

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