in Pergamum a kind of noise of drums and cymbals rose from the temple of Dionysus and spread throughout the city; in Tralles a palm tree grew up in the temple of Victory and the goddess herself turned about toward an image of Caesar located beside her; in Syria two young men (as they seemed) announced the result of the battle and vanished; and in Patavium, which now belongs to Italy but was then still a part of Gaul, certain birds not only brought news of it but even acted it out to some extent, for one Gaius Cornelius drew from them accurate information of all that had taken place, and narrated it to the bystanders.  These things happened separately on that very same day and were naturally distrusted at the time; but when news was brought of the engagement, astonishment was felt.

[-62-] Of Pompey’s followers who were not destroyed on the spot some fled whithersoever they could, and others changed their allegiance.  Those of them who were solders of the line Caesar enrolled among his own troops, exhibiting no resentment.  Of the senators and knights all those whom he had captured before and pitied he killed, unless his friends begged some of them off; for he allowed each of these on this occasion to save one man.  The rest who had then for the first time fought against him he released, saying:  “Those have not wronged me who have advanced the interests of Pompey, their friend, and had received no benefit from me.”  This same attitude he adopted toward the potentates and peoples who joined his cause.  He pardoned them all, bearing in mind that he himself was acquainted with none or almost none of them, whereas from his rival they had previously obtained many favors.  These he praised far more than such as had previously received some kindness from Pompey but in the midst of dangers had left him in the lurch:  the former he could reasonably expect would be favorably disposed to him also, but as to the latter, no matter how anxious they seemed to be to please him in anything, he believed that inasmuch as they had betrayed a friend in this crisis they would not spare him either on occasion. [-63-] A proof of his feeling is that he spared Sadalus the Thracian and Deiotarus the Gaul, who had been in the battle, and Tarcondimotus, who was ruler of a portion of Cilicia and had very greatly assisted Caesar’s opponent in the way of ships.  What need is there of listing the rest who sent auxiliaries, to all of whom he granted pardon and merely exacted money from them?  He did them no other damage and took from them nothing else, though many had frequently received great gifts from Pompey, some long ago and some just at that time.  A certain portion of Armenia that had belonged to Deiotarus he did give to Ariobarzanes, king of Cappadocia, yet in this he did not injure Deiotarus at all, but rather conferred an additional favor upon him.  He did not sunder the territory his domains, but after occupying all of Armenia before occupied by Pharnaces he bestowed one part of it on