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
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nssent him, he mourned the death of his great rival with sincere and unaffected grief, and was filled with indignation against his murderers. Pompey had a signet ring upon his finger at the time of his assassination, which was taken off by the Egyptian officers and carried away to Ptolemy, together with the other articles of value which had been found upon his person. Ptolemy sent this seal to Caesar to complete the proof that its possessor was no more. Caesar received this memorial with eager though mournful pleasure, and he preserved it with great B.C.48.) CAESAR in Egypt. 199 Caesars respect for Pompeys memory. Pompeys Pillar. care. And in many ways, during all the remainder of his life, he manifested every outward indication of cherishing the highest respect for Pompeys memory. There stands to the present day, among the ruins of Alexandria, a beautiful column, about one hundred feet high, which has been known in all modern times as Pompeys Pillar. It is formed of stone, and is in three
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Pompeys Pillar. 200 Julius Caesar. (B.C.48. Origin of Pompeys Pillar. Surrender of Pompeys officers. parts. One stone forms the pedestal, another the shaft, and a third the capital. The beauty of this column, the perfection of its workmanship, which still continues in excellent preservation, and its antiquity, so great that all distinct record of its origin is lost, have combined to make it for many ages the wonder and admiration of mankind. Although no history of its origin has come down to us, a tradition has descended that Caesar built it during his residence in Egypt, to commemorate the name of Pompey; but whether it was his own victory over Pompey, or Pompeys own character and military fame which the structure was intended to signalize to mankind, can not now be known. There is even some doubt whether it was erected by Caesar at all. While Caesar was in Alexandria, many of Pompeys officers, now that their master was dead, and there was no longer any possibility of their rallying aga

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