[57] Servius had fought against Cæsar at Pharsalia, though his son was with Cæsar. After the battle he retired to Samos and refused to continue the war. See Cicero, ad Fam. iv. 3, 4, 11, 12; vi. 6; xiii. 17, 19, 23, 25, 28.
[58] App., b. c. v. 72.
[59] Cicero, ad Fam. vi. 12; App., b. c. iii. 2.
[60] See Cicero, 13 Phil. 23 (Antony’s letter).
[61] P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther. See his letter to Cicero, ad Fam. xii. 14, 15.
[62] Cæs., b. Alex. 66: rebus omnibus provinciæ et finitimarum civitatum constitutis is all that we are told.
[63] Dio, 47, 26. Appian gives two accounts of Bassus. In the first he represents him as the real commander of the legions, while Sext. Iulius was the nominal chief. He, however, gives an alternative account more in accordance with that of Dio. See App., b. c. iii. 77; iv. 58, sq.
[64] Cicero, ad Att. xiv. 9.
[65] Id., ad Fam. xii. 11 (Cassius to Cicero); xii. 12.
[66] Cicero, ad Att. vi. 5; Valer. Max., vi. 1, 15.