were received with a tempest of acclamation. When Cæsar arrived, he met with a cold reception. Curio, on the other hand, who followed him, was saluted with a thousand cheers, as Pompey used to be in the prosperous times of the Republic. Cæsar was annoyed, and sent off a courier post haste to Pompey, who is, they say, at Capua.” (Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 19.)
[1186] Suetonius, Cæsar, 9.
[1187] Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 19.
[1188] “Bibulus is being praised to the skies, I know not why; but he is being extolled as the one only man who, by temporising, has restored the State. Pompey, my idol Pompey, has been his own ruin, as I own with tears to-day; he has no one left who takes his side from affection. I am afraid that they will find it necessary to resort to intimidation. For my own part, I forbear, on the one hand, to combat their views on account of my ancient friendship with them, and, on the other, my antecedents prevent my approving of what they are about; I preserve a middle course. The humour of the people is best seen in the theatres.” (Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 19, 20, 21.)
[1189] “He keeps prudently in the background, but hopes at a safe distance to witness their shipwreck.” (Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 7.)
[1190] Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 13.
[1191] Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 17.
[1192] Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 20, 21.
[1193] Dio Cassius, XXXVIII. 11.
[1194] Cicero, Letters to Atticus, II. 24.