Capitolo 83
what the seconds should serve its escape as Alexandria, proceeds
immediately to the field to Pelusium, takes back the command of the troops
there, and it conducts them him to the capital; and what in all these
operations, and also accordingly on his/her arrival, he should respect anybody
orders unless they came to him through same Pothinus.
Even if probably sentinels and watches were situated to the gates and
avenues that conduct from the urban Achillas contrived to effect its escape
and to connect the army. He put on to the head of the strengths, and
started his/her March toward the capital. Pothinus remained the whole duration
inside the city as a spy, faking to accept without protesting the decision of Caesar,
and to be on friendly terms with him, but really drawing for his
overthrow, and getting all the information that it trained his/her position
him to command, in order that is probable that he co-operates with the army and
Achillas when they should arrive.
Everybody that these things were made with the maximum secretiveness, and so astute and
skilled it was the conspirators in forming and to perform their plots that
Caesar seems not to have had any knowledge of the measures that his/her enemies
you/he/she was taking, until him it suddenly felt that the principal body of Ptolemy
army was approaching himself/herself/itself to the city, at least winds thousand strong. In the
however, the bad time that the strengths for that he had sent from Syria didn't have
arrival, and any alternative had gone away but to defend the capital and
him as him it was able with the very small strength to which he had
his/her disposition.
Him first it determined however, to try the effect of orders sent out in
The name of Ptolemy to prevent the approach of the army the city. Two
officers were accordingly intrusted with these orders, and it sent out to
communicate them to Achillas. The names of these officers were
Dioscorides and Serapion.
It shows in a very impressive point of view to that that an unbelievable
exaltation the authority and consequence of a supreme rose of king in