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Plutarch

Caesar Section 1

Section 206 of 288

Canonical reference 52.1

Ancient Greek

τῶν δὲ περὶ Κάτωνα καὶ Σκηπίωνα μετὰ τὴν ἐν Φαρσάλῳ μάχην εἰς Λιβύην φυγόντων κἀκεῖ, τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰόβα βοηθοῦντος αὐτοῖς, ἠθροικότων δυνάμεις ἀξιολόγους, ἔγνω στρατεύειν ὁ Καῖσαρ ἐπʼ αὐτούς· καὶ περὶ τροπὰς χειμερινὰς διαβὰς εἰς Σικελίαν, καὶ βουλόμενος εὐθὺς ἀποκόψαι Τῶν περὶ αὐτὸν ἡγεμόνων ἅπασαν ἐλπίδα μελλήσεως καὶ διατριβῆς, ἐπὶ τοῦ κλύσματος ἔπηξε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σκηνήν καὶ γενομένου πνεύματος ἐμβὰς ἀνήχθη μετὰ τρισχιλίων πεζῶν καὶ ἱππέων ὀλίγων.

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

After the battle at Pharsalus, Cato and Scipio made their escape to Africa, and there, with the aid of King Juba, collected considerable forces. Caesar therefore resolved to make an expedition against them. So, about the time of the winter solstice, he crossed into Sicily, and wishing to cut off at once in the minds of his officers all hope of delaying there and wasting time, he pitched his own tent on the sea-beach. When a favouring wind arose, he embarked and put to sea with three thousand infantry and a few horsemen.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Après la bataille de Pharsale, Caton et Scipion s’échappèrent en Afrique et y rassemblèrent, avec l’aide du roi Juba, des forces considérables. César résolut donc de mener une expédition contre eux. Ainsi, vers le solstice d’hiver, il passa en Sicile et, voulant ôter d’emblée à ses officiers tout espoir de s’y attarder et d’y perdre du temps, il dressa sa propre tente sur la plage. Lorsqu’un vent favorable se leva, il embarqua et prit la mer avec trois mille fantassins et quelques cavaliers.

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