Identifier: historyofjuliusc03abbo (find matches)
Title: History of Julius Caesar
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
Subjects: Caesar, Julius
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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uspecting his design. In the course of the day he privately sentforward some cohorts to the southward, withorders for them to encamp on the banks of theRubicon. When night came he sat down tosupper as usual, and conversed with his friendsin his ordinary manner, and went with themafterward to a public entertainment. As soonas it was dark and the streets were still, heset off secretly from the city, accompanied by avery few attendants. Instead of making useof his ordinary equipage, the parading of whichwould have attracted attention to his move-ments, he had some mules taken from a neigh-boring bake-house, and harnessed into his chaise.There were torch-bearers provided to light theway. The cavalcade drove on during the night,finding, however, the hasty preparations whichhad been made inadequate for the occasion.The torches went out, the guides lost theirway, and the future conqueror of the worldwandered about bewildered and lost, until, justafter break of day, the party met with a peas-
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B.C. 50.) Crossing the Rubicon. 141 Csesar at the Rubicon. His hesitation at the river. ant who undertook to guide them. Under hisdirection they made their way to the mainroad again, and advanced then without furtherdifficulty to the banks of the river, where theyfound that portion of the army which had beensent forward encamped, and awaiting their ar-rival. Csesar stood for some time upon the banksof the stream, musing upon the greatness ofthe undertaking in which simply passing acrossit would involve him. His officers stood by hisside. We can retreat now said he, butonce across that river and we must go on. Hepaused for some time, conscious of the vast im*portance of the decision, though he thoughtonly, doubtless, of its consequences to himself.Taking the step which was now before himwould necessarily end either in his realizing theloftiest aspirations of his ambition, or in his ut-ter and irreparable ruin. There were vast pub-lic interests, too, at stake, of which, however,he proba

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