who said that King Juba's troops were now close by, others claimed that Azzio Varo's legions were already on them and even saw the dust (and yet nothing was happening at all), still others believed that the enemy fleet was coming fast. So, because they were all shaken by fear, it was every man for himself: those on the warships speeded up their departure, and the flight of the warships instigated the commanders of the cargo ships, so that only a few, small boats gathered to perform the task assigned to them. On the shore, there was a crowd to gain a place on the boats; so many sank because they were overweight, while others struggled to approach the shore for fear of following their fate.
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For these reasons, only a few soldiers - mostly family fathers - who proved to be influential by authority or pity on the part of others were able to embark; others were able to swim to the ships and thus reach Sicily safely.
The other troops chose to send centurions to Publio Azzio Varo as ambassadors at night and surrendered themselves to him, but the next day King Juba, arriving with his troops and seeing those cohorts in front of the city, publicly declared that he considered them his prey of war and ordered that many of them be killed immediately; the others, those personally chosen by Juba, were sent to his kingdom. Although Azzio Varo complained that this act offended his loyalty, he dared not oppose the will of the Numida king. Juba himself, who entered the city on horseback, followed by several senators - including Servio Sulpicio and Licino Damasippo - in a few days established and ordered what he wanted done in Utica, and after a few days, with all his soldiers, returned to his kingdom.
DE BELLO AFRICO
On the ear in Africa
Gaius Jiulius Caesar
Latin text
MAPS
year 52 BC
Year 50 BC
Year 48 BC
Year 47 BC
Year 46 BC
Year 45 BC
Battle of Tapso
NOTES
DBG = De Bello Gallico
DBC = De Bello Civili
DBC AL = De Bello Alexandrino
DBC AF = De Bello Africo
DBC HI = De Bello Hispanico
Characters
A
Achilla - Achillan (Egyptian)
- DBC L3 Chapters 104, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112,
- DBC AL Chap. 4, 26,
- Egyptian General of the first century BC, said by Caesar to be capable and in command of a well-prepared army. Before the outbreak of the war Alexandria, the general was engaged in Pelusio against Cleopatra's militia, after the killing of Pompey and the arrival of Caesar in Egypt will move all troops to Alexandria putting the Roman general in considerable difficulty.
- https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilla
M. Acilio - M. Acilio (Cesarian)
- DBC L3 Cap 15
- Cesarian Officer
- Not found
- http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/manio-acilio-glabrione/
- https://www.romanoimpero.com/2018/09/marco-acilio-glabrione.html
Lucius Afranius - Lucius Afranius (Pompeian)
- DBC L1 Cap. 37 to 53, 59 to 76, 83 to 87,
- DBC L2 Chap. 17, 18,
- DBC L3 Chap. 83, 88,
- DBC AF Cap 64, 69, 95,
- DBC HI Cap. 7,
- He was a politician and a Roman general no much loved by the Senate but always loyal to Pompey. He was active in the third war against Mithridates but with poor performance. He was elected Consul in 60 B.C. thanks to Pompey's support but he didn't meet the expectations. He was later Governor in Spain with 3 legions and in 49 BC he faced Caesar. Defeated and pardoned he returned to fight Caesar both in Farsalo and in Africa where he was defeated and executed again.
- https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucio_Afranio_(console_60_a.C.)
Alianus - Alienus - Governor of Sicily in 46 BC.
- DBC AF Chap. 2, 34, 44,
- Governor of Sicily in charge of continuing preparations to bring in the new legions.
- Not found
Androstene - Praetor of Thessaly
DBC L3 Cap 80,
Not found
Titus Ampius Balbo Titus Ampius Balbus (Pompeian)
- DBC L3 Cap 105,
- He was a Roman politician, at the outbreak of the civil war he sided with Pompey, was then pardoned by Caesar.
- https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Ampio_Balbo
Gaius Antonio - C. Antonio (?)
- DBC L3 Chap. 67,
- Roman military.
- Not found
Antonio? (Not identifiable with certainty)
- DBC HI Cap 17, 18,
- He seems to be a well-known person but the text does not specify who he is.
- Not found
Mark Antony - Marcus Antonius (Caesarian)
- DBC L1 Chapters 2, 11, 18,
- DBC L2 Cap. -
- DBC L3 Chapters 4, 10, 24, 26, 29, 30, 34, 40, 46, 65, 89,
- He was a Roman politician and general at the turn of the first century BC. His career remained linked to that of Julius Caesar of whom he was an important lieutenant. In addition to the civil war that opposed Caesar to Pompey, there is his personal story that saw him as the protagonist immediately after the assassination of Caesar with the brief war of Mutina (Modena), the Second Triunvirate followed by a new clash between the Romans. After the elimination of the Caesaricides and the division of the provinces, contrasts arose between the Triunvirates that soon led to the final clash with Octavian. He was the first politician who suffered the cancellation of his name and his effigy from all official acts of the Roman Republic. His political and human story is very interesting and not yet fully understood because of the aura of romanticism that envelops his turbulent relationship with Cleopatra. On Mark Antony and his descendants one can well notice the unjust and moral way of Augustus' government, characteristic before the de facto dictatorships, even