Capitolo 74
with an army on the way in Rome it was rebellion and betrayal. From now the
Rubicon became, as is, the visible signal and symbol of civilian
restriction to the military power.
[Sidenote: the expense of Caesar of money in Rome.]
[Sidenote: Your influence.]
How Caesar found the time of his/her service in Gaul that draws toward a
conclusion, he turned more and more his/her thoughts toward Rome,
striving himself/herself/itself to strengthen there his/her interest in every way in his
you motorize, and to swindle and to oppose the sketches of Pompey. He had and
partisans in Rome that acted for him and in his/her name. He sent immense
money's sums to these men, to have a job in such ways as it is able more
curtain to assure the favor of the people. He ordered the Hole to be
reconstructed with great magnificence. He systematized the great celebrations, in
what the people were entertained with a succession without end of games,
shows and public parties. When his/her daughter Julia, the wife of Pompey,
dead, he celebrated his/her funeral with indescribable shine. Him
corn distributed in immense quantity among the people, and he sent a
the great one a lot of house of captives, as gladiators to be trained for fighting in the
theaters for their fun. In many cases, also where he found men of
talents and influence among the populace in that you/he/she had been involved
debt from their dissipations and the extravagance, he paid their debts, and
this way it assured their influence on his/her side. Men were amazed to the
magnitude of these expenses, and, while the crowd rejoiced
rashly in the pleasures so provided for them, the more
reflecting and thoughtful it trembled to the greatness of the power that
being so quickly rising to darken the earth.
[Sidenote: the personal popularity of Pompey.]
[Sidenote: Public thanks in his/her account.]
It increased their anxiety to observe that Pompeys you/he/she was earning him/it same
kind of the influence and predominance also. He didn't have the advantage that
Caesar enjoyed in the prodigious wealth gotten by the rich countries