Lucius Septimius

Three advisors had already done the math, Othenias the eunuch, Achillas the general, and Theodotus the rhetorician from Chios, and they calculated that Caesar would punish anyone who sheltered Pompey, so they would kill Pompey to please Caesar.

The assassin was Lucius Septimius, a former Roman officer.

Caesar himself tells us Septimius had once commanded a century under Pompey in the war against the pirates.

He greeted Pompey in Latin.

softening the expression roman army of occupation and all rufio desperately

then i make my last appeal to caesar's justice i shall call a witness to prove that but for us the roman army of occupation led by the greatest soldier in the world will now have caesar at its mercy calling through the loggia ho there lucius septimius caesar starts deeply moved if my voice can reach you come forth and testify before caesar

shrinking no no

yes i say let the military tribune bear witness lucius septimius a clean shaven trim athlete of about forty with symmetrical features resolute mouth and handsome thin roman nose in the dress of a roman officer comes in through the loggia and confronts caesar who hides his face with his robe for a moment then mastering himself drops it and confronts the tribune

with dignity bear witness lucius septimius caesar came hither in pursuit of his foe did we shelter his foe

as pompey's foot touched the egyptian shore his head fell by the stroke of my sword with viperish relish

under the eyes of his wife and child remember that caesar they saw it from the ship he had just left we have given you a full and sweet measure of vengeance

with horror vengeance our first gift to you as your galley came into the roadstead was the head of your rival for the empire of the world bear witness lucius septimius is it not so