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Plutarch

Caesar Section 1

Section 190 of 288

Canonical reference 47.1

Ancient Greek

σημείων δὲ πολλῶν γενομένων τῆς Νίκης ἐπιφανέστατον ἱστορεῖται τὸ περὶ Τράλλεις. ἐν γὰρ ἱερῷ Νίκης ἀνδριὰς εἱστήκει Καίσαρος, καὶ τὸ περὶ αὐτῷ χωρίον αὐτό τε στερεὸν φύσει καὶ λίθῳ σκληρῷ κατεστρωμένον ἦν ἄνωθεν ἐκ τούτου λέγουσιν ἀνατεῖλαι φοίνικα παρὰ τὴν βάσιν τοῦ ἀνδριάντος. ἐν δὲ Παταβίῳ Γάϊος Κορνήλιος, ἀνὴρ εὐδόκιμος ἐπὶ μαντικῇ, Λιβίου τοῦ συγγραφέως πολίτης καὶ γνώριμος, ἐτύγχανεν ἐπʼ οἰωνοῖς καθήμενος ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν.

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

There were many portents of the victory, but the most remarkable one on record is that which was seen at Tralles. In that city’s temple of Victory there stood a statue of Caesar, and the ground around it was itself naturally firm, and was paved with hard stone; yet from this it is said that a palm-tree shot up at the base of the statue. Moreover, at Patavium, Caius Cornelius, a man in repute as a seer, a fellow citizen and acquaintance of Livy the historian, chanced that day to be sitting in the place of augury.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

Il y eut de nombreux présages de la victoire, mais le plus remarquable dont on ait gardé le souvenir est celui qui fut observé à Tralles. Dans le temple de la Victoire de cette ville se dressait une statue de César. Le sol qui l’entourait était naturellement ferme et pavé de pierres dures; pourtant, on dit qu’un palmier poussa au pied de la statue. En outre, à Patavium, Caius Cornelius, homme réputé comme devin, concitoyen et connaissance de l’historien Tite-Live, se trouva ce jour-là assis dans le lieu consacré aux augures.

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