287 Ad Att., lib. i., 8.

288 Horace, Epis., lib. ii., 11. The translation is Conington's.

289 Vell. Pat., lib. i., xiii.

290 "Civile;" when Sulla, with Pompey under him, was fighting with young Marius and Cinna.

291 "Africanum;" when he had fought with Domitius, the son-in-law of Cinna, and with Hiarbas.

292 "Transalpinum;" during his march through Gaul into Spain.

293 "Hispaniense;" in which he conquered Sertorius.

294 "Servile;" the war with Spartacus, with the slaves and gladiators.

295 "Navale Bellum;" the war with the pirates.

296For the full understanding of this oft-quoted line the reader should make himself acquainted with Cato's march across Libya after the death of Pompey, as told by Lucan in his 9th book.