3and made his escape. The rest of his legions also fled, and there was a great slaughter in the camp of tent-guards and servants; but only six thousand soldiers fell,96Caesar says that fifteen thousand of Pompey’s soldiers fell, and twenty-four thousand surrendered. His own losses he puts at two hundred soldiers and thirty centurions (Bell. Civ. iii. 99). according to Asinius Pollio, who fought in that battle on the side of Caesar.
Notes
[96] Caesar says that fifteen thousand of Pompey’s soldiers fell, and twenty-four thousand surrendered. His own losses he puts at two hundred soldiers and thirty centurions (Bell. Civ. iii. 99).