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Plutarch

Caesar Section 3

Section 214 of 288

Canonical reference 53.3

Ancient Greek

οἱ μὲν ταῦτα περὶ τῆς μάχης ἐκείνης ἀναγγέλλουσιν· οἱ δὲ οὔ φασιν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ γενέσθαι, συντάττοντος δὲ τὴν στρατιὰν καὶ διακοσμοῦντος ἅψασθαι τὸ σύνηθες νόσημα· τὸν δὲ εὐθὺς αἰσθόμενον ἀρχομένου, πρὶν ἐκταράττεσθαι καὶ καταλαμβάνεσθαι παντάπασιν ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους τὴν αἴσθησιν ἤδη σειομένην, εἴς τινα, τῶν πλησίον πύργων κομισθῆναι καὶ διαγαγεῖν ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ, τῶν δὲ πεφευγότων ἐκ τῆς μάχης ὑπατικῶν καὶ στρατηγικῶν ἀνδρῶν οἱ μὲν ἑαυτοὺς διέφθειραν ἁλισκόμενοι, συχνοὺς δὲ Καῖσαρ ἔκτεινεν ἁλόντας.

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

This is the account which some give of the battle; others, however, say that Caesar himself was not in the action, but that, as he was marshalling and arraying his army, his usual sickness laid hold of him, and he, at once aware that it was beginning, before his already wavering senses were altogether confounded and overpowered by the malady, was carried to a neighbouring tower, where he stayed quietly during the battle. Of the men of consular and praetorial rank who escaped from the battle, some slew themselves at the moment of their capture, and others were put to death by Caesar after capture.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Tel est le récit que certains donnent de la bataille. D’autres disent toutefois que César lui-même ne prit pas part à l’action, mais que, pendant qu’il rangeait et disposait son armée, son mal habituel le saisit. Comprenant aussitôt qu’il commençait, avant que ses sens déjà chancelants ne fussent entièrement troublés et terrassés par la maladie, il se fit transporter dans une tour voisine, où il demeura au calme durant la bataille. Parmi les hommes de rang consulaire ou prétorien qui échappèrent à la bataille, certains se tuèrent au moment de leur capture, et d’autres furent mis à mort par César après avoir été capturés.

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