doubtful at one time the issue, that Caesar himself sprang from his
horse, seized a standard, and rallied a wavering legion. Finally,
Labiénus was seen to gallop across the field. It was thought he was
fleeing. Panic seized his troops, they broke and ran. Thirty thousand
were slain, including three thousand Roman Knights, and Labiénus
himself.

Gnaeus Pompey shortly after lost his life, but Sextus lived for a
number of years.

Caesar tarried in Spain, regulating affairs, until late in the autumn,
when he returned to Rome and enjoyed another triumph over the Iberians
(Spaniards). The triumph was followed, as usual, by games and
festivals, which kept the populace in a fever of delight and
admiration.


CATO.-METELLUS SCIPIO.

MARCUS PORTIUS CATO UTICENSIS [Footnote: Cato the Younger, called
UTICENSIS on account of his death at Utica.] (95-46) was the great-
grandson of Cato the Censor. He was the last of the Romans of the old
school. Like his more famous ancestor, he was frugal and austere in
his habits, upright, unselfish, and incorruptible. But he was a
fanatic, who could not be persuaded to relinquish his views on any
subject. As a general, he was a failure, having neither taste nor
genius for military exploits. He held various offices at Rome, as
Quaestor and Praetor; but when candidate for the consulship he was
defeated, because he declined to win votes by bribery and other
questionable methods then in vogue.