[91.2] abl. both of cause and means. Join with praeferōcem.
[91.3] intrā . . . vēnit: ‘within four days of his arrival (and) within four hours after he caught sight of him.’
[91.5] Strictly, we ought to have ante victum esse quam vīsus esset, the subjunctive being due to the indirect discourse. Caesar said: ante victus est quam vīsus (est). The infinitive vīsum (esse) is due to attraction of the neighboring infinitive victum esse.
[91.6] Ponticō . . . triumphō: i.e. the procession in which he celebrated his victory in Pontus. triumphō is dat. with praetulit.
[91.7] Q. Metellus Pius Scipio, father-in-law of Pompey.
[91.8] at Thapsus, 46 B.C.
[91.9] Cf. XXVI, 49.
[91.10] auxiliīs . . . cōnfluentibus: the abl. abs. denotes both cause and attendant circumstance.
[91.11] = eōrum quī sequēbantur. Cf. volentibus, XIII, 97.